From Car History:
In June 1892 John F. Palmer (American) obtained two US patents for a “thread-fabric” bicycle pneumatic tire. Shortly afterwards he moved to England; registering the Palmer Tire Company in 1895 and opened a tire production plant at a factory owned by the India Rubber Company in Silvertown.
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Palmer Tyre Company
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Spitfire factory
{At the centre around a winged wheel with laurel wreath:} Palmer Hatton Stree...
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Richard Cobden
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5 memorials
Frank Pick
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2 memorials
Sir Julius Wernher
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1 memorial
Peter Pain
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1 memorial
Royal Doulton / Doulton Potteries
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39 memorials
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