The Life and Achievements of engineer William Fawcett

Although not quite in the first rank of engineers in the late Georgian and Victorian period, William Fawcett, from Liverpool, established an enterprise that outsold Birmingham's Boulton and Watt in selected markets. As for a Nantwich connection, the speaker Trevor Evans has uncovered an albeit rather tenuous link, with one of the town's most famous residents.A story of steam, enterprise and bankruptcy. Please book in advance, £6 (£5 Museum members), online,in our shop (Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm), or phone 01270 627104.