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...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
'Boy First Class' is a naval category for a boy aged 16 to 18 who is under training, and who has previously served for between 9 and 18 m...
This is an unusual memorial, just one, though we've taken separate photos of its two parts. This parish supplied 4,286 men to the armed ...
A much less interesting circular plaque above this one reads: The restoration of this shelter in 1987 for the Cabmen's Shelter Fund was ...
Plaque 1 incorrectly states that there were 64 people killed in this incident. The Wandsworth Guardian carries the story of how it was di...
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