{"product_id":"garretts-of-leiston-9780999011201","title":"Garretts of Leiston","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a business that has been running for a hundred and eighty-six years, of the family who founded it, the people who worked in it and the machines it produced, in the context of contemporary social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarretts flourished as a family business from 1778 until the 1920's, finally to succumb to the slump in 1932, from which defeat it rose again, under new owners, to a prosperous condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarretts are best known in this country for their traction engines, rollers and steam wagons but the business was built upon agricultural machines, especially the thresher and its portable engine, whilst the firm also built stationary power plant and general machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese products are all given their due place in the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 15x23cm, 319 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Percival Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (289)","offer_id":57503324438911,"sku":"9780999011201","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780999011201.jpg?v=1778582177","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/garretts-of-leiston-9780999011201","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}