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.

Showing posts with label Silk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silk. Show all posts
Thursday, November 27, 2025

South London manufacturing history

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 The south bank of the Thames and the rivers flowing into it, the Wandle and Neckinger, attracted industries needing ready transport for raw...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Inner London manufacturing history

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 London does of course reach back into Roman times if not earlier. By 1700 it had a population estimated at 575,00 which grew to 900,000 a c...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Stockport manufacturing history

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 Stockport was a cotton town which perhaps embraced progress more readily than some others. Traditional spinning and weaving would take plac...
Saturday, March 1, 2025

Braintree manufacturing history - the story of silk

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Like many of its neighbouring towns, Braintree was a weaving town producing heavy Anglian broadcloth. Again, like other towns, it received ...
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