Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Tom Terris

From Graces Guide

1904 TERRIS, Tom, The Cottage, Bedford Park, London, W. Cars: 6.5-h.p. Century tandem, 2.75-h.p. de Dion quad, 2.25-h.p. Werner bicycle. Total distance travelled since becoming a motorist: 20,000 miles. Hobbies: Cricket and astronomy. Principal aim in furthering automobilism: To support a wide-awake sport, a new and growing industry; to kill conservatism and prejudice, and to help a growing spirit of real independence and energy. Thinks that a powerful motor-cycle club should be formed after the style of the Cyclists' Touring Club, and that a special license should be necessary for all persons desiring to set up in business as motor-cycle and motor-car repairers, certifying to their efficiency in executing work of this description. [1]


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Sources of Information

  1. Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book 1904