Silk Weavers in your family?

The romance of silk weaving, it must have been incredible to produce such a thing of beauty out of the poverty stricken areas of East London. Do you have silk weavers in your family history?

John Kay 1753-54 House destroyed by machine breakers…keeps inventing

This entry is part 4 of 14 in the series Industrial Revolution

John Kay Inventor persecuted and house destroyed by machine breakers, he didn’t give-up and kept inventing, now that’s entrepreneurial against the odds…and was this the start of organised labour and uprisings?

John Kay Inventor of the Flying Shuttle

This entry is part 1 of 14 in the series Industrial Revolution

The costs to John Kay inventor of the flying shuttle were significant, as they were to the workers who lost their jobs as a result of mechanisation but his tenacious approach in the face of adversity is part of what made the inventors, visionaries and entrepreneurs of the Industrial Revolution brilliant.

Flying shuttle – What is it?

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Industrial Inventions and Innovations

Just what was the flying shuttle and why did it have such an impact on the lives of our ancestors? A simple invention that produced incredible results. A great example of the speed of change during the Industrial Revolution.

V Force Cap Badge 1943 – 45

This entry is part 6 of 13 in the series Military Cap badges

Military cap badge of soldiers in V Force,from WW2, what was this unit in the British Army?

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