And before that Japanese was rubbish as was any amount of plastic. Having lived through British cars of the 60's I can't really bash China goods.Well yes, as long as you go back far enough that it was British. I know plenty of folks complain about Chinese stuff but with very convenient memories. It’s not that long ago everyone was making similar observations about Taiwanese goods.
That’s a cool extension BTW
well now its the Chinese no need for cameras we give them the plans and they manufacturer the stuff for us cheap and just copy them for themselves and knock em out cheap then sell us them unbrandedMy dad used to design and build packaging machinery, often for some very specialist applications - my mum used to tell of Japanese coming on the stand at exhibtions with tiny tiny cameras and taking photos of everything
We design and build control systems that are sold throughout the world. They are good and people contact us because its made in Britain.I remember 50 years ago when if you bought something with " made in Britain" it was good stuff. Where did it all go wrong? Don't answer that I haven't got all day!
Plenty of 'Breetesh Made ' around.I remember 50 years ago when if you bought something with " made in Britain" it was good stuff. Where did it all go wrong? Don't answer that I haven't got all day!
Hopefully with100% British components .Plenty of 'Breetesh Made ' around.
in a nutshell lack of funding from government no apprentices make quick buck while you are in office and sod it after thatI remember 50 years ago when if you bought something with " made in Britain" it was good stuff. Where did it all go wrong? Don't answer that I haven't got all day!
In the 19th century, when the flywheel of the industrial revolution was just beginning to gain momentum, the mark of “made in Germany” in the British market was viewed in the same way as all the above countries.And before that Japanese was rubbish as was any amount of plastic. Having lived through British cars of the 60's I can't really bash China goods.
the old folk after the war had a saying for shoddy gear jerry builtIn the 19th century, when the flywheel of the industrial revolution was just beginning to gain momentum, the mark of “made in Germany” in the British market was viewed in the same way as all the above countries.
Goering made this comment about the Mosquito during the warthe old folk after the war had a saying for shoddy gear jerry built
Goering made this comment about the Mosquito during the war
"It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I’m going to buy a British radio set – then at least I’ll own something that has always worked."
And remember the German jet engines would last for 10 - 20 hours before a rebuild - the Rolls Royce engine 200 hours.
they sabotaged a lot of the gear they had to make citroen workers did making trucks the engines siezed up and broke down after low milage the parts on the v2 rockets didnt fare much better would you put your heart and sole in to something and hardly get fed and worked to deathThat's partly because when the Germans invaded a country and decided to pillage its factories and industries, they crated up all the machinery, equipment and materials and took it back to Germany. They left all the workers and knowledge behind and got slave workers, who had no incentive to do a good job, in the homeland to operate the machinery. They then wondered why it didn't all work.
I remember 50 years ago when if you bought something with " made in Britain" it was good stuff. Where did it all go wrong? Don't answer that I haven't got all day!
Rose-tinted nonsense.Then there was the term 'Empire made', so that could be anywhere.