Reference
Z863/1
Title
Copy photographic postcard of the workforce of the Simplex Works, Elstow Road, Bedford, posing with the first five petrol-engine driven "side shifters" produced under peacetime conditions and used for shunting trucks on light railways. The woman on the left is Bessie Pickerden, aged sixteen (future mother of the depositor), while the man standing next to her is the managing director, probably John Dixon Abbot. The factory buildings are visible in the background.
Date free text
n.d.[1918]
Production date
From: 1918 To: 1918
Level of description
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