Group    From /7/1977 

Sustrans

Categories: Transport

Charity. It encourages people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys they make every day. Formed in Bristol as 'Cyclebag' by a group of cyclists and environmentalists, it became a charity in 1983.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Thames Navigation Commission

Thames Navigation Commission

Created in 1751 with responsibility for locks on the river down to Staines.  Subsumed into the Thames Conservancy in 1866. Three generations of the Treacher family held senior positions in the Tha...

Group, Transport

2 memorials
Samuel Plimsoll

Samuel Plimsoll

Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming dangerously overloaded.  Sand shoes were renamed for him since the lower section is rubber and the upper is canvas: dry...

Person, Politics & Administration, Transport

1 memorial
Citroën

Citroën

French motor company founded by André Citroën. The company commenced manufacture in Britain at the Slough Trading Estate in 1926 and continued building cars until 1965 when the operation became ded...

Group, Transport, France

1 memorial
Derek Turner

Derek Turner

Was the Traffic Director for London, 1991 - 2001, and was instrumental in establishing, maintaining and monitoring 512km of Red Routes and devising Bus Lane Enforcement Cameras.

Person, Transport

1 memorial
Corporal Harold John Strangward

Corporal Harold John Strangward

Harold John Strangward was born on 30 January 1884 in Marylebone, London, the youngest of the six children of Robert Strangward (1840-1919) and Emily Strangward née Hawkins (1845-1905). His birth w...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, Transport, France, Wales

War dead, WW1
1 memorial