From Gas Street to the Ganges

From Gas Street to the Ganges
Title From Gas Street to the Ganges PDF eBook
Author Simon Wilcox
Publisher The History Press
Pages 286
Release 2021-06-25
Genre History
ISBN 0750997737

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If ever there was a regional UK city with the credentials to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham was always it. One in ten people in the city was born in an overseas Commonwealth country, and many more have family in member nations such as India, Jamaica and Pakistan. Many of these are descendants of the generation who arrived after the Second World War to find work in the city's manufacturing boom years. But, as Simon Wilcox discovers, the links go much further back than that. In fact, the connections started with the canal building zeal of Birmingham's industrial pioneers in the eighteenth century who built a canal network that spanned out from the Gas Street Basin. It was this network that opened up a new world of trade for the city – a world which revolved around metal, chocolate and weekly shipments of Ceylon tea.

The Little Book of the Black Country

The Little Book of the Black Country
Title The Little Book of the Black Country PDF eBook
Author Michael Pearson
Publisher The History Press
Pages 219
Release 2013-10-01
Genre History
ISBN 0750951788

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Did You Know? Butcher Keith Boxley of Wombourne made the longest continuous sausage in 1988. It was 21.12km in length! The first general strike in the Black Country took place in 1842. The widespread public unrest was regarded nationally as the first ever general strike. Hell Lane in Sedgley was described as the ‘most unruly place’ in the Black Country. A woman who lived in the lane was said to have been a witch and could turn herself into a white rabbit to spy on her neighbours. The Little Book of the Black Country is a funny, fact-packed compendium of frivolous, fantastic, and simply strange information. Here we find out about the region’s most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, quirky history, famous figures and literally hundreds of wacky facts. From royal visits and local celebrities, to the riotous Wednesbury protests and a particularly notorious reverend, this is a myriad of data on the Black Country, gathered together by author and local historian Michael Pearson. A handy reference and quirky guide, this engaging little book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something you never knew, making it essential reading for visitors and locals alike.

Railway Locomotives and Cars

Railway Locomotives and Cars
Title Railway Locomotives and Cars PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 1044
Release 1861
Genre Railroad engineering
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The Builder

The Builder
Title The Builder PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 1130
Release 1873
Genre Architecture
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Journal of Gas Lighting

Journal of Gas Lighting
Title Journal of Gas Lighting PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 834
Release 1860
Genre Gas manufacture and works
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Modern Machinery

Modern Machinery
Title Modern Machinery PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 522
Release 1899
Genre Machinery
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The Social economist, Industrial partnerships record & co-operative review

The Social economist, Industrial partnerships record & co-operative review
Title The Social economist, Industrial partnerships record & co-operative review PDF eBook
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Pages 274
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