Making Cars at Crewe
Author:   Peter Ollerhead
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
Edition:   UK ed.
ISBN:  

9780750943284


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 February 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Making Cars at Crewe


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Illustrated with over 80 photographs and focusing on the experiences of its employees, this book explains how the establishment of a Merlin aero engine factory was thwarted by the problems of building on a greenfield site, a chronic need for housing and a strike were followed by a bombing raid in 1940, in which seventeen employees were killed.

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Author:   Peter Ollerhead
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
Imprint:   The History Press Ltd
Edition:   UK ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780750943284


ISBN 10:   0750943289
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 February 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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Peter Ollerhead served an apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce from 1952 to 1958, and worked there until the mid '60s. He left to train as a teacher, and retired in 1998. Peter now runs a bookshop in Crewe and is a keen local historian. This is his first book.

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