How Britain Worked: Rediscovering our Industrial Past by Guy Martin
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Overview: It is a largely forgotten fact that Britain was the first industrialized country in the world, but Guy Martin – the cult motorcycle racer and mechanic – is about to remind us how the industrial revolution helped make Britain great.
Guy shows how the discoveries made in the late 18th-19th centuries are to thank for the ease of our every day lives: in order to cook a bacon and egg sandwich in Industrial-era conditions, Guy has to restore a steam locomotive and railway to have the components delivered to the local shop; he has to bring a saw mill back into working order to be able to make a bicycle; and he has to revamp a Victorian fishing trawler so he can cook himself some fish and chips. When Guy needs to wash his overalls, he renovates a showman’s engine, which generates electricity to power his washing machine, and when he decides to mow the lawn, he restores a Victorian botanical garden. After all that, he’s in need of a holiday – so he sets to work restoring…
Genre: Biographies / Memoirs / Historical
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