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- Birmingham_toy_industry abstract "The toy industry in Birmingham (and some other areas) was an economic sector that produced small goods in any material. Hinges, buttons, belt buckles and hooks are all examples of goods that were once considered "toys" and could be produced in metal, leather or glass, amongst others. The term toy was used starting in the 18th century or earlier to describe the industry in the English Midlands, and changed to its modern form ("toy" as in plaything) years later. The metalworking legacy still exists in the form of Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.Although the toy industry tended to be based on small cottage manufactories at first, the rise of the middle class in London created a demand that led to rapid expansion of the industry in the mid-18th century. At this point economies of scale started to come into effect, and a number of very large manufactories were built, leading to the common use of the term "factory". These factories typically had a number of designers that could be called on for any sort of work, while different parts of the building were dedicated to mass production of different sorts of goods. These early factories were an early step on the road to the assembly line, and an important factor in the creation of the Industrial Revolution.One major entrepreneur in the toy industry is Matthew Boulton. In 1760 he described the Birmingham buckle trade to a House of Commons select committee, estimating that at least 8,000 were employed, generating £300,000 worth of business, with the majority being for export to Europe. In 1766 Boulton completed his "model manufactory" called Soho Manufactory near Birmingham, powered by a waterwheel, employing one thousand workers. Soho produced high-quality buckles, buttons, boxes, trinkets in steel, gold, sterling silver, goods of ormolu and Sheffield plate.".
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- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Assembly_line.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Birmingham.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink British_House_of_Commons.
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- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Birmingham,_West_Midlands.
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- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Category:Metalworking.
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- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Cottage_industry.
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- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Jewellery_Quarter.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Matthew_Boulton.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Middle_class.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Ormolu.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Parliamentary_select_committees_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Putting-out_system.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Returns_to_scale.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Select_Committee_(United_Kingdom).
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Sheffield_plate.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Soho_Manufactory.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Sterling_silver.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink The_Midlands.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Toy.
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLink Water_wheel.
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- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLinkText ""toy" manufacturer".
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLinkText "Birmingham toy industry".
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLinkText "gilt-toy trade".
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLinkText "production of buttons and buckles".
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLinkText "toy maker".
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLinkText "toy trade".
- Birmingham_toy_industry wikiPageWikiLinkText "toymakers".
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- Birmingham_toy_industry subject Category:History_of_Birmingham,_West_Midlands.
- Birmingham_toy_industry subject Category:Industrial_history.
- Birmingham_toy_industry subject Category:Metalworking.
- Birmingham_toy_industry subject Category:Toy_industry.
- Birmingham_toy_industry hypernym Sector.
- Birmingham_toy_industry type Article.
- Birmingham_toy_industry type Settlement.
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- Birmingham_toy_industry type Field.
- Birmingham_toy_industry type History.
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- Birmingham_toy_industry comment "The toy industry in Birmingham (and some other areas) was an economic sector that produced small goods in any material. Hinges, buttons, belt buckles and hooks are all examples of goods that were once considered "toys" and could be produced in metal, leather or glass, amongst others. The term toy was used starting in the 18th century or earlier to describe the industry in the English Midlands, and changed to its modern form ("toy" as in plaything) years later.".
- Birmingham_toy_industry label "Birmingham toy industry".
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- Birmingham_toy_industry wasDerivedFrom Birmingham_toy_industry?oldid=654635989.
- Birmingham_toy_industry isPrimaryTopicOf Birmingham_toy_industry.