I think this was common within any industry at that time- brewing is a fine
example of "inbreeding". Was it to protect and develop trade or to share new
skills and practices or merely that those folk only mixed in those circles?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gill" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Pete Mason" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Interlocking mine ownerships/office clustering
> John Berry remarked on the degree to which a small group of people appear
to
> have fingers in many pies. I agree. It is particularly clear in the
> returns for limited liability companies, but was already happening in many
> of the partnerships which ran British metal mines from at least the 18th
> century onwards. I look forward to the day when coal mining history can
> tell us to what extent this was true in that industry too.
>
> Mike Gill
>
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