review written and read by Brian Lowen live on the bookshow 11th Aug 2016
This is a book
that I received for my birthday and is described as a Handbook and Gazetteer.
I think it would
make a great present for anyone who is remotely interested in the industrial
past of this country.
It describes in
easy to read text with plenty of accompanying photographs the history of the
following:
Windmills and
waterwheels and how they provided power to the factories.
Canals are dealt
with, describing their rise and fall and now rising again in popularity as a
leisure industry.
Mining is featured
with details of the terrible conditions experienced by the miners seeking seams
of coal and metal ore.
The iron and steel
industry, which is particularly topical at the moment is also explained.
The railways and
there rise and fall following the
Beeching Report and now their rise again with the coming to life of many
heritage railways which are so popular with the public.
Shipbuilding is
really a sad story because as it was once a great industry it has now faded
away and there does not seem to be any recovery.
At the end of the
book is a very useful gazetteer listing all the places that you can visit,
relevant to the industries dealt with in the preceding pages, and brief details
about each.
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