{"id":7384,"date":"2026-04-14T10:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/?page_id=7384"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:12:43","slug":"lighting-up-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/lighting-up-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"John Walker &#8211; lighting up the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to \u201c<strong>John Walker \u2013 lighting up the world<\/strong>\u201d which tells the story of the invention of a simple commodity, the Friction Match, by John Walker of Stockton-upon-Tees in 1826. An invention which literally changed the course of history, providing a spark which lit-up the industrial revolution in England and igniting a global industry which at the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century was as significant as today\u2019s technology giants. It\u2019s a fascinating story, exploring social history, forestry, chemistry, graphic design, shipping, politics, high-finance and industrial relations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate John Walker&#8217;s life-changing invention and to leave a legacy for future generations the British Matchbox Label and Bookmatch Society has created a a documentary film, an on-line exhibition and a 60-page booklet which you can access from the buttons below.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to \u201cJohn Walker \u2013 lighting up the world\u201d which tells the story of the invention of a simple commodity, the Friction Match, by John Walker of Stockton-upon-Tees in 1826. An invention which literally changed the course of history, providing a spark which lit-up the industrial revolution in England and igniting a global industry which [&hellip;] <a href=\"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/lighting-up-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<i class=\"icon-arrow-line-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7384"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7413,"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7384\/revisions\/7413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}