At Pakhuis, tucking in to oven-roasted Bresse chicken beneath industrial trusses felt like picnicking in the machine room of the Eiffel Tower.

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An editor of the biggest national daily, the Corriere della Sera, resigned under pressure from the industrial interests behind the paper, who felt it unwise to be critical of the Prime Minister when they needed public financing.

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Steve Copperwheat, who hired Myers as a machine operator in the early 1980s at Waterbury Felt, a manufacturer of industrial textiles, said he encountered him in a Walmart parking lot three months ago after not seeing him in about 10 years.

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Steve Copperwheat, who hired Myers as a machine operator in the early 1980s at Waterbury Felt, a manufacturer of industrial textiles, said he encountered him in a Wal-Mart parking lot three months ago after not seeing him in about 10 years.

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By 1987, it had felt the full impact of the Thatcherite industrial revolution as the unions fought in vain to halt the tide of privatisation.

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Businesses failed, industrial production slowed, housebuilding slumped, unemployment soared, the Great Depression began and the repercussions were felt across the world.

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Right from the moment of the opening ceremony, it has felt as if Britain suddenly had the confident voice it had been looking for since the height of the Industrial Revolution.

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