It's our 230th anniversary! We have many celebrations instore and we hope you'll enjoy the fun. A local legend says our forge is built on the site of a monastery where the monks had their own forging process. History as we know it began when our factory was founded in 1780 by William & Henry Parkes. In fact, we've been producing high quality tools for so long now they can be in all sorts of places:
On Trains
In the York Railway Museum is one of our Fireman's Shovels. These had a narrow blade to allow the fireman to feed the boiler with coal.
On Submarines
You can see a Bulldog shovel being used to clear ice from the top of a US Navy submarine after it had broken through the Arctic ice on YouTube.
In a First World War Trench
An episode of "Time Team" uncovered a WW1 trench that had remained sealed for over 90 years. They found a Bulldog general service shovel as issued to the British army. Here they are on YouTube.
Used by Tony Robinson, aka 'Baldrick'
The Daily Mail recently included a picture of the presenters of 'Time Team'. In the picture, Tony Robinson (aka 'Baldrick') is leaning on a Bulldog spade. We can now say that we've done our bit to support British comedy.
Used by John Bercow, Speaker of the House
The Sunday Times recently showed a picture of the Speaker of the Houses of Commons, John Bercow, holding a Bulldog spade as he prepared to plant a tree outside of Stowe School.
If you see a Bulldog Tool in an unusual place, let us know! We'd love to hear about it.
If you would like to come and see how solid forged, top quality tools are manufactured we would be delighted to take you on a tour of our factory. You can also become a friend of Bulldog Tools on Facebook.
