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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Frederick Bremer
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
The 'plaque' is to the right of the circular 'City Heritage Award' plaque.
Roger Lloyd Pack, 1944 - 2014, actor, lived here, 1987 - 2014. The Heritage Foundation
In 2009 Alan Patient reported that "the pub has been boarded up for many months and the plaque removed." 2013: The Victorian Society are...
The foundation plaque is to the left of the entrance, the war memorial plaque, to the right. The large entrance porch from its design is ...
An information board, just to the right of our photo, says: "Royal Northern Gardens occupies part of the old Royal Northern Hospital sit...
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