Philip Hamlyn Williams - my history of British Manufacturing

Britain shaped the manufacturing world. A bold assertion, but is it true? My book How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World seeks to answer this question. The next question is what happened to British manufacturing? The result of my quest to find answers to that question is in Vehicles to Vaccines. I am now exploring Manufacturing places.

Friday, November 14, 2025

Yeovil manufacturing history

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 Yeovil’s traditional industry was glove making from locally sourced hides. It was a substantial industry with the final glove factory closi...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Ardeer manufacturing history

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Perhaps Alfred Nobel's greatest invention was dynamite, a combination of nitroglycerine and a soft, white, porous substance called kies...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Billingham and Wilton manufacturing history

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 In 1917, the village of Billingham in County Durham suffered the agonies of the First World War as the rest of the country where young men ...

Northwich manufacturing history

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 The wich-es in Cheshire, Northwich, Middlewich and Nantwich have provided salt for centuries along paths known as salt ways, like the one b...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Accrington manufacturing history

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 The town’s brickworks were known for making the densest and hardest bricks in the world used for the 'construction of the Empire State ...
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