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.

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Southampton manufacturing history

Southampton was one of the great English ports first identified as so used in Roman times. The port was later ravaged by the Vikings. Henry...

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Portsmouth manufacturing history

Portsmouth was one of the earliest homes of naval shipbuilding; there is some evidence that Richard the Lionheart's ships taking him on...

Saturday, May 3, 2025

Reading manufacturing history

Reading enjoyed the twin advantages of being in a fertile agricultural county and being positioned on major lines of communication. It was ...

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