The North West of England has a cherished industrial history. Bounded on the west by the Irish Sea, linked by a system of canals providing inland regions access to the sea and with a historically strong coal supply, the region was born of the Industrial Revolution.
In 1733, just north of Manchester, John Kay invented the flying shuttle weaving mechanism. It was perhaps one of the greatest facilitators of the industrial revolution and, beginning with the textile industry, instigated the concept of automation within industry and resulted in considerable wealth creation for the area. During the roaring 1920s, Shaw and Crompton,…
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