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.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Erith manufacturing history

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 Erith was not on Watling Street (unlike neighbouring Crayford) and so until the arrival of the railways it was restricted in industrial act...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Slough manufacturing history

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 A child of the War Office. Slough was one of many Buckinghamshire villages drawn to ever expanding London. London needed vegetables and Slo...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Peterborough manufacturing history

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 A city dominated by its cathedral; its life revolved around agriculture with regular markets controlled by the Dean & Chapter until the...
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