| Chester at Work: People and Industries Through the Years Contributor(s): Shuttleworth, Stewart (Author), Jenkins, Stanley C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1445691434 ISBN-13: 9781445691435 Publisher: Amberley Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Series: At Work |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (1.23 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today service industries predominate in Chester such as tourism, retail, public administration and financial services. This was not always the case, given the city's location on the River Dee and its strategic military position. Chester was a port with ancillary industries from Roman times. In he mid-eighteenth century the port declined due to silting of the Dee and the rise of Liverpool. However, some port-related industries remained and a reduced amount of shipping continued into the twentieth century. The 1770s saw the opening of the Chester Canal and, in 1799, the lead works was developed. The arrival of the railways saw Chester become a transport hub with three locomotive depots and an LNWR wagon works. Other industries that subsequently developed included the Hydraulic Engineering Company, the Westminster Coach and Motor Works, the aluminium manufacturer Williams & Williams and Brookhurst Switchgear Ltd. In Chester at Work Stanley Jenkins and Stewart Shuttleworth trace the changes in the city's working life from its pre-industrial beginnings, through the Industrial Revolution and right up to the present day. This book will be of interest to those who know the city and want to discover more about its rich heritage from an industrial and social perspective. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jenkins, Stanley C.: - Stanley C. Jenkins, who was educated at Witney Grammar School, the University of Lancaster and the University of Leicester, has written over 20 books and some 750 articles on local, transport and regional history. Having worked as an English Language teacher at Oxford Air Training School for several years, he returned to Leicester University to retrain as a museum curator in 1986, and was subsequently employed by English Heritage as the Regional Curator for South Western England. He is Curatorial Advisor to the Witney & District Museum, and is also working as a curator for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust, which is at present building a military museum at Woodstock.Shuttleworth, Stewart: - From 'spotty' trainspotter to industrial history enthusiast, Stewart Shuttleworth has experienced work activities from footplating and tracklaying on heritage lines to caulking wooden boats. Professionally he worked as a Clinical Psychologist and has a special interest in the wider meaning of work for people, particularly the changes experienced by communities in post-industrial Britain. |