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 Vickers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vickers. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Dublin manufacturing history

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Dublin had been the main route for the export of the island’s textiles. At nearby Prosperous in 1780 Sir Robert Brooke attempted to set up ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Dartford and Thameside manufacturing history

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 Dartford in the well-watered, sheltered valleys of the Darent and Cray invited occupation, certainly by the Romans and successive invaders....
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Weybridge and Brooklands manufacturing history

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Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit was close to Weybridge and brought motor racing enthusiasts and manufacturers including the Itala Automobil...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Farnborough manufacturing history

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The Factory, as the Royal Aircraft Factory was known to the early aircraft manufacturers, came to Farnborough as the Army School of Ballooni...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Newcastle and Gateshead manfacturing history

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 Coal was at the heart of the economy of Tyneside which, with its long navigable estuary, was able to ship many of the millions of tons prod...
Monday, November 4, 2024

Swindon manufacturing history

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Swindon would become one of the great 19th century railway towns, but at the end of the 18th century it was a place largely passed by. Kenne...
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