Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 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.

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'''Your contributions''' would enable us to:


* Keep Grace's Guide free to use
It costs more than '''£50 per day''' (every day of the year) to operate Grace's Guide. This covers the cost of servers, internet bandwidth, administration and a member of staff to scan old books and documents. In addition we rely upon a number of very willing volunteers who freely contribute their time and expertise.
* Employ our small team of key staff
* Assist with research
* Acquire documents and books
* Update our software
* Pay for the servers and data storage
* Handle worldwide enquiries


As a small team of volunteers and office staff sharing the same interest of preserving our industrial past, we rely more and more on the support of others.
'''Your donation''' will enable us to continue this work and increase the amount of information published. We are a registered charity so every penny is spent on the project.
 
Our aim is to publish as much information about this industrial past as we are able to find. This information is then available for educational and research purposes worldwide.
 
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Our aim is to publish as much information about this industrial past as we are able to find. This information is then freely available for educational and research purposes worldwide.
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<h4>What we do, in a nutshell.</h4>
<h4>What we do, in a nutshell.</h4>


We're a small team of volunteers and office staff sharing the same passion - to preserve our industrial past. Our sole aim is to publish the history of the companies, products and people that have contributed to Britain's renowned engineering legacy, from the birth of the Industrial Revolution to recent achievements.
We're a small team of volunteers and office staff sharing the same passion - to preserve our industrial past.  


<h4>What makes us different?</h4>
<h4>What makes us different?</h4>


We're online based, and free to use for everybody. Anybody can access and use the material we publish free of charge and we want to keep it that way.
We're online based, and free to use for everybody. Anybody can access and use the material we publish and we want to keep it that way.


We're proud to be a not-for-profit project with a sole purpose to preserve information that without digitisation, may be lost in time without a trace.
We're proud to be a not-for-profit project with a sole purpose to preserve information that without digitisation, may be lost in time without a trace.
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<h4>If I donate, where does my money go?</h4>
<h4>If I donate, where does my money go?</h4>


Money you donate will pay for staff salaries, technology and up-keep of our library and publication archives. The charity employs a handful of people in the office working with specialist volunteers across the country. We word hard to write, edit and maintain the up-keep of the website for all to use without restriction. Your support will also contribute to the technical and digital software we use to preserve the information we collect.
Money you donate will pay for staff salaries, technology and up-keep of our library and publication archives. The charity employs a handful of people in the office working with specialist volunteers across the country. We work hard to write, edit and maintain the up-keep of the website for all to use without restriction. Your support will also contribute to the technical and digital software we use to preserve the information we collect.


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