Dr Richard Marks: 'Industrial West Surrey: The Surprising Manufacturing History of the County' A West Surrey Virtual meeting

Richard Marks is a published freelance historian based in Berkshire.He spent a long career as a system engineer working with British manufacturing companies across a broad range of sectors,, which has proved valuable in interpreting economic history.
Surrey, has a rich industrial past. The county was an important part of Britain’s early aerospace industry, railways, engineering and many other parts of the British economy. Without the traditional huge workshops of the north, how did Surrey, contribute to the advancement of British technology and manufacturing?