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A History of the County of York East Riding
… of leather for shoe uppers and clothing. 97 The Grovehill shipyard of Cook, Welton, & Gemmell continued to be busy. It … Co., which was one of the best customers of the Beverley shipyard. 2 In January 1970 Armstrong's was again reported to … may have begun a little earlier. Cook, Welton, & Gemmell's shipyard was closed in 1963 and taken over by C. D. Holmes & …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… makes of agricultural and gardening equipment. 56 Scarrs' shipyard at Weel was closed in the 1930s. 57 Cook, Welton & … referred to 'the activity which has prevailed at the shipyard' and to the briskness of various occupations … in 1936 but in 1937 there was a shortage of work in the shipyard. The reports show how industries catering for …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… a larger firm, the Vulcan Iron Co. of Hull, established a shipyard on land owned by the corporation at Grovehill and … the narrow river Hull, may lie in the fact that the Vulcan shipyard was opened shortly after the final closure of the …
Modern Britain and Ireland - awarded 1980-1989
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
Modern Britain and Ireland - awarded 1990-1999
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Radicals, Radicalism Categories: 18th-19th Century Shipyard employers and urban communities on the Clyde, …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… by the story that he broke a joiners' strike in his shipyard by importing labour from outside Hull. 70 The 1860s … Dir. Hull (1889), 263; (1899), 476. Census. Earle's Shipyard, Ann. Reps. 188391 (copies in Hull Pub. Libr.). J. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… By the 1690s the industry was again active in Shoreham. A shipyard was recorded in 1679, 99 and two in 1704. 1 In the … 1838 to 1871 the firm of May & Thwaites at the Kingston shipyard was building vessels of up to 500 tons, and in the … of its ships. 17 In the 1860s John Shuttleworth had a shipyard on the canalized eastern arm of the harbour at …
Survey of London
… until after 1614, when the East India Company's principal shipyard was constructed at Blackwall, that any major … 1630s, and it continued throughout the century as both the shipyard and overseas trade prospered and the demand for … the second floor. 16 The decline in the prosperity of the shipyard in the 1720s caused great poverty in Blackwall. Many …