Based in Hammersmith initially so an early job was very local - the Hammersmith Town Hall. Also: the first electric tramway in London and the White City exhibition buildings including the 1908 Olympic stadium. 2007 merged with Taylor Woodrow into Taylor Wimpey, a civil engineering and construction company.
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Hugh Joseph Fitzpatrick
Junior Boilermaker on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar...
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Denis Johnson
In 1819, made and sold Britain's first bicycle in its hobby-horse form. As a coachmaker Johnson was able to make significant improvements to the two-wheel velocipede, as invented by von Drais. He o...
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Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.
The company's name came from the forenames of its founders Leslie Smith (1918 - 2005) and Rodney Smith (1917 - 2013). They were not related, but had been schoolfriends and also served together in t...
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Royal Engineers
A corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces. Known as 'sappers' apparently from the French 'sappe' meaning 'spadework' or '...
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Dr. Ian Goodson Wickes
MA, MD, FRCP, DCH. Chief Assistant Childrens Department, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1946 - 1951. June 2009 we found this at Mike Kemble :"Ed Goodson has the following request for information: Can...
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