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Hidden history of the York factory where generations learned a trade and prospered (opens the original)
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How Thomas Cooke and Vickers shaped generations in York, by Ivan Martin, Vice President of Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society (YAYAS) MANY generations of York families owe part of their story to a remarkable self-taught engineer whose name is now easily overlooked. Thomas Cooke founded a precision engineering business in York that became known around the world and, long after his death, would become part of Vickers. But perhaps his greatest legacy can be found not in the tel
Before Spark York: Inside the Piccadilly aircraft factory run by a famous author (opens the original)
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IVAN MARTIN reports of the life of Nevil Shute, the famous novelist who ran an aircraft factory on York’s Spark site IN recent times the Spark development in Piccadilly has attracted much comment and publicity. Entwined within the comments is the recognition that the plot concerned was at one time an aircraft factory. However, few may know that the man behind that factory was the famous author Nevil Shute. Just another literary figure to be added to those with strong links to York. At Howden, ne
'I had TB as a child – but York's pioneering outdoor school did me no favours' (opens the original)
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IVAN MARTIN of York had TB as a child and shares his memories of attending Fulford's open-air school IN the autumn of 1944 I fell ill and I was diagnosed as having Tuberculosis (TB). My mother was devastated and confused. TB was associated with poverty, bad sanitation and a poor diet; none of these things applied to me, but the social stigma directed to parents of children contracting the disease didn’t discriminate. To add to my mother’s worries, in late September my father was reported ‘missin
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