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, December 12, 2025

West London manufacturing history

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 The twenties and in some cases earlier saw the establishment of the new motor and electrical industries on the periphery of London and near...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

North London manufacturing history

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 As Inner London turned its attention more and more to finance and service industries, manufacturing moved north, much of it into the Lea Va...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Inner London manufacturing history 19th and 20th century

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 Inner London, having been for manufacturing a place where the many made things for the few, changed as technology advanced and became home ...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

South London manufacturing history 19th and 20th century

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 In his book, L ondon: A History , Francis Sheppard observes that ‘by the end of the eighteenth century, London had more steam engines than ...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

East London manufacturing history 19th and 20th centuries

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  Docklands The first decade of the nineteenth century saw an expansion in docks which would guarantee London's position as the wor...
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