Part 1 Steel and coal in South Wales, 1919-1939: GKN and the post-war boom, merger and aquisitions, 1919-1923 - merger with John Lysaght, acquisitions in engineering, profits and performance - 1918-1923; John Lysaght Ltd - part one, 1857-1918, John Lysaght - foundations of the business, profits and performance - the 1880s and 1900s, changes in management, St. Vincent's works and Netham, Bristol, Orb Rolling Mills, Newport, Normanby Park Steelworks, Scunthorpe, overseas sales to the empire, the great war, part two, 1919-1945, post-war recovery, orb works, Newport, St. Vincent works, Bristol, Normanby Park Steelworks, Scunthorpe, overseas ventures - France and Ireland, managers and management, the second world war; Coal - rise and fall, 1919-1935 - the post-war boom - Berry and Llewellyn, Colliery acquisitions, Welsh associated Collieries and sale to Powell Duffryn, reasons for failure - technical innovation and labour relations; Steel and GKN, 1919-1939 - into adversity - Dowlais and Dowlais-Cardiff, East Moors, 1919-1929, guest, Keen Baldwins Iron & Steel Co. - the re-building of dowlais-Cardiff, Castle works - transfer from Rogerstone to Cardiff, Cwmbran works, Exors. of James Mills - acquisition and operation, management and its policies. Part 2 Engineering in the Midlands, 1918-1945: Nettlefolds and the Woodscrew trade, 1918-1939 - the difficult years, 1919-1931, recovery and growth - 1932-1939, the international woodscrew union, subsidiary acquisitions, the take over of Aug. Stenman AB, Nettlefolds in Australia, management; fasteners and forgings, 1918-1945 - decline of London works and closure of Stour Valley, F.W. Cotterril of Darlaston, John Garrington & Sons of Darlaston, Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss of Wolverhampton, GKN in South Africa; Joseph Sankey & Sons - part one, 1854-1918, Joseph Sankey founds the business, Joseph Sankey & Sons - electrical laminations, suppliers to the automotive trade, profits and performance, the great war; part two, 1919-1945, takeover by Lysaghts, Albert Street works, Bankfield and Manor Rolling Mills, Hadley castle works, profits and performance, managers and management, the second world war, India - Sankey electrical stampings Ltd; The management and organization of GKN - the dynastic succession, directors of influence, organizational structure, accounting policies; GKN at war, 1939-1945 - the war effort, government control, the impact of war. Part 3 GKN overseas to 1945: John Lysaght (Australia) Pty, 1919-1945 - the pre-manufacturing phase, Lysaghts' first venture - the Newcastle works, Springhill works and the C.R.M. works, Port Kembla, managers and management, the second world war; (part contents).