Beneath this arch was situated the first workshop of Frederick Richard Simms, 1863 - 1944.
Father of the British Motor Industry
SW6, Ranelagh Gardens
Diamond Geezer 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...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
The dates on the plaque differ from those usually given: date of birth varies but date of death is normally given as 26 October 899. We c...
Plaque unveiled by Sir Richard Branson and David Bickers (Bader's son-in-law).
John Heartfield, 1891 - 1968, master of political photomontage, lived here, 1938 - 1943. English Heritage
Site of Endell Street Military Hospital, 1915 - 1919. Established in former workhouse buildings during the First World War under the comm...
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