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.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Hitchin manufacturing history

Hitchin is a product of its soil which is a rich loam and so ideal for growing cereals but, even more so, herbs especially lavender. The un...

Friday, April 18, 2025

High Wycombe manufacturing history

Cloth was the industry of this Buckinghamshire village, like so many places in Britain. Being close to the river Wye, paper mills appeared;...

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Luton manufacturing history

Luton is well known for hat making, cars and lorries and Eric Morecambe's love of the town's football club. Hat making did of ...

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Uxbridge manufacturing history

The market in Uxbridge became a vital conduit for London’s food. The town had a great many water mills grinding the grain brought to the ma...

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Hayes manufacturing history

Hayes was, in the early nineteen century, an agricultural town untouched by industrialisation except for the Grand Union Canal along the ba...

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