John Walker Home Page
This web site is dedicated to John Walker (1781 – 1859) of Stockton-upon-Tees, the inventor of the Friction Match in 1826. You can find out about the 200th anniversary celebrations here.
We are proud to have Republic Technologies (UK) as our patron.
We are proud to announce that the Society secured a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for £14,760 to fully fund the making of a documentary film about John Walker and the impact of his invention on the world. This project was made possible thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, which allowed us to engage with Lonely Tower Film and Media from Durham to make the film with us. Our film will be available on this web site soon.
Stock photo images courtesy of Visualhunt, Flaticon, World Flags and Wikimedia Commons with attribution credits here.