The Belfast shipyard was a sectarian icon. But its closure now speaks to Britain's historic failure to adapt manufacturing to new markets Many of the names will still resonate for older readers. All too few of them can have any associations for younger ones. They were the shipbuilding firms of Britain, the companies that, until the first world war and beyond, made the majority of the world's ships. They were still big manufacturing concerns in the post-1945 era. They were firms like John Brown's...
The Guardian view on the end of Harland and Wolff: closed for business | Editorial
The Guardian - 5 Aug 2019 19:29
The Belfast shipyard was a sectarian icon. But its closure now speaks to Britain's historic failure to adapt manufacturing to new markets Many of the names will still resonate for older readers. All too few of them can have any associations for younger ones. They were the shipbuilding firms of Britain, the companies that, until the first world war and beyond, made the majority of the world's ships. They were still big manufacturing concerns in the post-1945 era. They were firms like John Brown's...
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