Walter Owen Bentley (1888 - 1971), "W. O." to his friends, founded Bentley Motors Limited. The chassis for the first model (3 litres) was exhibited at the London Motor Show in October 1919. By December it had a working engine. But it was not until September 1921 that the first was on the streets.
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Bentley Motor Car
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Bentley Motor Car
Google Street View shows the plaque in place March 2022 but just an empty fra...
Bentley Motor Car - first lost plaque
This image was taken by Alan Zafer and was published in the Ham & High. ...
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Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited / Interserve
The picture source gives the history of the company, which changed its name in 2007.
Jim Marshall
Businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification. Born in London. An electrical engineer he built a portable amplification system, which he used in his evening job as a singer and drummer. On 7 Jul...
J. & E. Hall, Dartford
From Dartford Archive: "In the early days the company specialised in heavy foundry-based engineering. Later on, the company developed a specialisation in refrigeration engineering." We wondered wh...
James Henry Greathead
Railway and tunnelling engineer. Born in Grahamstown, South Africa. Arrived in England in 1859. Studied with and then worked with civil engineer Peter W. Barlow on the Tower Subway tunnel. The trav...
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London Borough of Bromley
Formerly part of Kent, it has been part of Greater London since 1963.
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