Bulldog Tools announces its closure after 246 years

[Stere]

Shame

 

One of Wigan's most iconic firms will be closing its doors for the final time next month after almost a quarter of a millennium in business

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Dozens of jobs are to be lost as one of Wigan’s oldest and most famous names disappears.

 

[Mark Bolam]

That’s a real shame, I’ve had some good kit from them.

[woody paul]

Will probably be made in China. 

[Mark Bolam]

You could well be right.

 

 

[Peewit]

10 hours ago, woody paul said:

Will probably be made in China. 

Might as well be as that's where the steel will come from now our steel industry has been closed down. 

It is depressing as the UK has always had a very strong hand tool manufacturing sector. Spear and Jackson tools are still made in Sheffield and Darlac tools (which I really like - got some great heavy duty Darlac shears) in Slough were manufacturing in the UK but I think since they were bought out by Mr Fothergill Seeds they import a lot from Taiwan. Faithful still make tools in the UK but import a lot from Asia as well. 

If these UK manufacturing companies go we really will have become nothing more than a service economy where "work" means drinking latte at a desk and pushing a computer mouse around.

 

Edited May 19 by Peewit

[Mark Bolam]

True.

I think the actual forge in Wigan shut down some time ago.

 

‘ Assembled in Britain 🇬🇧’

[AHPP]

Wouldn’t it be mint if I was currently sat at a table, assembling a device that has the main component CNC milled less than a mile from my house in the reindustrialising North East of England. 
 

NB My (Chinese) iPhone wants to spellcorrect reindustrialising to deindustrialising. Not today, slitty-eyed tat slags. 

Edited May 19 by AHPP

[Tree monkey 1682]

Pretty much sure the steel they use is from China, already gone through one contractors spade and a faithful contractors fork that decided to bend on digging clay 🙄 not great 

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, AHPP said:

Wouldn’t it be mint if I was currently sat at a table, assembling a device that has the main component CNC milled less than a mile from my house in the reindustrialising North East of England. 
 

NB My (Chinese) iPhone wants to spell

correct reindustrialising to deindustrialising. Not today, slitty-eyed tat slags. 

Yea . Some bloke in his shed in the back garden with a Bridgeport Interact and a Heidenhain controller 🙂

[Peter 1955]

21 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

That’s a real shame, I’ve had some good kit from them.

If you wanted quality shovels and the like, it had to be Bulldog.