THEME Business, trade and industry
Lighting London Streets 1750
Lighting London’s Streets, what a difference it must have made to people. Life changing probably for some
Read MoreWhitechapel Bell Foundry 1570
Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1570, a truly inspirational place to visit..
Read MoreFactory Act 1850
Redefining the working day, the Factory Act 1850
Read MoreThe Factory Acts in C19th Britain
Factory Acts C19th, how did they impact on your family?
Read MoreFirst Lyons tea shop opens 1894
Lyons Tea Shops
Read MoreMarks and Spencers opens 1894
Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer open the first of their ‘Penny Bazaars’, at Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Marks arrived in Britain from Poland, penniless, illiterate and did not speak English. Spencer befriended him and lent him £5, which he used to start selling from market stalls. Their stores sold a range of household goods ‘don’t ask…
Read MoreHenry Charles Harrod 1849
In 1849, Henry Charles Harrod, a tea dealer of Eastcheap, takes over a grocery shop at 8 Brompton Road, London, that later becomes Harrods department store.
Read MoreLondon Daily News 1850
The London Daily News is published on 21st January 1850. It is the first cheap newspaper to be produced on the streets of London and so news becomes more accessible to the working class and poor citizens of London. It is established by the architect Joseph Paxton and the paper’s first editor is Charles Dickens.
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