Ship-repairer and philanthropist. Born in Glasgow. After serving his apprenticeship in shipbuilding, he came to London to ply his trade. He was deacon of St Mark's Presbyterian Church in Greenwich, benefactor to that church and one of the first aldermen in the Borough of Greenwich and gave a mayoral chain. Died Blackheath.
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Andrew Gibb
{On the (non-working) drinking fountain, on the top surface on the north side...
From This is Local London: "A new Wimbledon Village Association had been a major contributor to the scheme and had held its first annual general meeting in October 1963." It's possible that over t...
Firm of furniture makers, such as school desks and park benches. From London Fine: "Operating in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Hammer were an old English furnisher, in their words; 'Manufactur...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.
We did not find the website of The British Postal Museum & Archive terribly helpful whereas The Wargrave Local History Society is far more informative and with reference to the GLO says: "Char...
Headlam's church, St Matthew's Bethnal Green, is an 8 minute walk away, due west.
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