Frederick Bremer, 1872 - 1941. Between 1892 - 1894 in a small workshop in the garden of this house, Fred Bremer and Tom Bates constructed the first British car powered by an internal combustion engine. In 1931 he donated it to Vestry House Museum where it can still be seen today.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E17, Connaught Road, 1
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Frederick Bremer
Engineer and inventor. Born in Stepney. A gas-fitter and plumber by trade, in...
Located in Walthamstow. It was originally a workhouse and then a police stati...
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Frederick Bremer
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Pulford Street and the Equitable Gas Works used to occupy this six acre site.  In the 1930s the Pulford Street Site Committee was respons...
Boards like this, listing the holders of high offices in the organisation, are on display in many office lobbies, school halls, club foye...
From an Islington Borough website: The bomb completely destroyed the once rather splendid Highbury and Islington Station {but see below}...
London County Council F. E. Smith, Earl of Birkenhead, 1872 - 1930, lawyer and statesman, lived here.
Site of St Mary Axe Church, 1230 - 1561. City of London
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