Beneath this arch was situated the first workshop of Frederick Richard Simms, 1863 - 1944.
Father of the British Motor Industry
SW6, Ranelagh Gardens
has a post on this area, the station and the footbridge.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Frederick Simms
Mechanical engineer and businessman. Born Hamburg, where his grandfather, fro...
Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Company's Military Seminary. Croydon's Heritage
The plaque can be seen in our photo in the arched brick alcove.
His four children and sister were present at the unveiling.
We cannot explain what this plaque is doing here. The MAIDIC is mentioned in the London Gazette of 12/6/1928 in connection with the land...
Londonist posted this picture in 2013 and there we learn that Vanguard's founding Director, Mac McCullagh, has collected odd, and sometim...
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