{"product_id":"taylors-of-welwyn-paperback","title":"Taylors of Welwyn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Hawker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaylors of Welwyn \u003c\/em\u003eby Robert J Hawker\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Bates Blow was from a working class background and leading a life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewith little direction until he was befriended by a member of a leading British\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efamily: with his patronage and much hard work, Thomas laid the foundation of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewhat was to become the largest business in Europe supplying the requirements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof beekeepers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume charts the history of Taylors of Welwyn, from its birth through\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe challenging changes and large expansion in the last two decades of the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003enineteenth century through to the Company being put into liquidation after more\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethan a century of trading. From zero to zero in three acts, with three leading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emen, changing scenery and a large supporting cast involving confl ict, changes of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eownership, fi res, World wars, no infl ation, high infl ation, but mostly about bees, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebeekeeping and beekeepers and the vagaries that come with that fascinating mix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBob Hawker is a retired Professional Engineer. Following graduation, training\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand employment in the Electrical Supply Industry, he moved over to the academic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eworld where in addition to normal lecturing duties he acted in Consultancy roles, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eorganised and talked at Conferences and appeared as Expert Witness in criminal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand civil legal proceedings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBob is married with two children and for the last thirty-eight years he has\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etended between four and twenty four colonies of honey-bees in his large garden, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emost years in late Summer taking them to the nearby Northumberland moors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearching and writing beekeeping history is his way of attempting to remain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esane in the dark Winter days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48261517541597,"sku":"9781908904072","price":43.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/16sc-IGkCH9781908904072.webp?v=1785076944","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/taylors-of-welwyn-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}