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A Most Industrious Town
BRITON FERRY AND ITS PEOPLE
1814–2014
PHILIP ADAMS
Introduction
Chapter 1: West Wales in the early 19th century
Chapter 2: The early industrialisation of Briton Ferry
Chapter 3: Puddling and piloting
Chapter 4: Industrial change in the later 19th century: docks, railways and tinplate works
Chapter 5: Everyday lives from 1870 to 1914
Chapter 6: Business Dynasties
Chapter 7: Education and schools
Chapter 8: The World Wars
Chapter 9: Peacetime memories of life in a Briton Ferry street
Chapter 10: De-industrialisation and its consequences
Appendices:
The tinplate process - From the Ferry to Felinfoel - Directors of works in Briton Ferry - Chronological growth and location of tinplate mills - Chronological growth and location of other metal works - Schools - Churches - Chapels - Pubs and associated friendly societies - Layout of streets in lower Briton Ferry - Street names in Briton Ferry - Eyre’s register and guide: Briton Ferry in 1878 - Principal residences - Working hours in 19th century factories - River Neath 1820 and 1977 - Bibliography
Reprinted since first published in 2014, with minor revisions
A5 size (148 x 210 mm) paperback book, 200 pages with many colour and mono–chrome illustrations
Price £17
ISBN 978-0-9930671-0-5
Any profit from sales will be given to Community-managed libraries in Neath-Port Talbot