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.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

East Midlands manufacturing history

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 Textiles and footwear. Engineering built on an agricultural heritage and steel based on ore in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The ima...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Yorkshire manufacturing history

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 Britain's largest county with a long history of wool, coal and steelmaking. I draw together an overview of coal mining and iron and ste...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Northeast England manufacturing history

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 This was surely the powerhouse for the Industrial Revolution in Britain, with abundant coal, iron ore and limestone, a canny workforce and ...
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