Lisa Edwards explores the troubled history of Slough Trading Estate, a site that acted as a short-lived central depot intended to repair vehicles deployed during the First World War and played a pioneering role in Britain’s industrial economy.
Author: Lisa Edwards
‘Up the Dale – history is made, not bought’: making history from below in the industrial revolution
In 2017, three centuries of iron-making came to an end in Coalbrookdale, the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Now iron workers are writing their own history as the legacy of the foundry hangs in the balance.
Saving the Working Men’s Club: What would Grandad say!
The Anstice Community Trust was set up in 2014 by a group of local people in Madeley, Shropshire to save a building that has played a part in the community for generations.
