We live in a world where most of what we use practically day-to-day is now produced abroad - largely in countries like China. but this was not always the case in the UK.
As older relatives and friends might tell you, there was an extended period of Britain's industrial history when items from daily life were produced right here in industrial towns and cities across the UK.
Whether it was chocolate, bikes, tyres, or steel, these things were made by British folk working hard at manual jobs.
Although there is a countless number of these spread out across the UK, NationalWorld has compiled a small number of memorable factories
As older relatives and friends might tell you, there was an extended period of Britain's industrial history when items from daily life were produced right here in industrial towns and cities across the UK.
Whether it was chocolate, bikes, tyres, or steel, these things were made by British folk working hard at manual jobs.
Although there is a countless number of these spread out across the UK, NationalWorld has compiled a small number of memorable factories
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00:00 UK factories that we have lost over the decades. The Cadbury's factory in
00:04 Morton. This factory in Wirral near Liverpool had been producing chocolate
00:08 for 70 years. Sadly the factory closed for good in 2022 after its latest owner
00:14 said it could no longer meet operational costs. The Lancashire Steel Corporation
00:19 in Salford. This was the Lancashire Steel Corporation's main plant. The factory's
00:24 long history has seen it nationalised in 1957, denationalised shortly after and
00:29 then re-nationalised 10 years later. The Raleigh Bicycle Company in Nottingham.
00:33 Established in 1887, Raleigh was the biggest producer of bikes in the world
00:38 by 1913. By the 1920s Raleigh was producing more than 100,000 bikes a year.
00:44 The Fort Donlop factory in Birmingham. This factory was built in 1916 and in
00:50 its heyday it was the largest factory in the world with 3,200 workers. Today it is
00:55 used as an office space and retail space with a nearby travel lodge.