Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,356 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. H. Thomas

From Graces Guide

A passed fireman, of Toton Sidings, Midland Railway

Secretary to all of the seven sectional boards on the Midland Railway.

1911 Had 25 years experience on the railway. Testified to the Royal Commission on Railway Conciliation Boards. Asked no less than 500 questions. He was in hearty agreement with the principle of conciliation as a means of settling points of difference but he opposed the current system as the employers followed the letter of the law but not the spirit.[1]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1911/09/08