Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Riley's Fireworks

From Graces Guide

1844 Michael Riley (b.1820/21) founded Riley's Fireworks in Ossett

Over the next years, the firm which grew into a national concern under three generations of Rileys

1927 a factory explosion killed a member of the family and three others; the factory closed.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Biography of William Edward Riley, ODNB