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16 Bridge Street - Richard Gibbons first foundry in Hungerford
Kennet Motor Works breakdown truck, 1947
Texaco Service Station 8th Mar 1992 - the night before demolition
Petrol station (site of the Kennet Works) with 9 & 10 Charnham Street, home of Gibbons family and the works manager
Adverts for Gibbons Kennet Works, 1883
The Texaco Service Station, Dec 2015.
Feed trough by Gibbons, used as a garden ornament, April 2015 (with thanks to Peter Harries)
Feed trough by Gibbons, used as a garden ornament, April 2015 (with thanks to Peter Harries)
Adverts for Gibbons Kennet Works, 1883
Adverts for Gibbons Kennet Works, 1883
Extract from the Gibbons Family Tree
HW Gibbons and his wife's Diamond Wedding, 8 May 1960
Site plan of Gibbons Kennet Works and adjacent buildings
Group photograph thought to be of Henry Gibbons senior.
Group photo, unlabelled, but thought to be of workers at the Gibbons Kennet Works c1925. If so, they are, L to R,: Charles Britton, ..?.. Purdue, William Dunn, Henry (Eddie) Gigg, George Rider (blacksmith) and Ted Potter.
Group photograph thought to be of Henry Walton Gibbons and his family, c1920?
Cover of sale details when 9 & 10 Charnham Street were sold by auction 20 Jul 1936
Bill drawn to Mr Barr of Thatcham, ?1925.
Letter of 6 Jan 1936. Note change of business address to Bishopstoke Iron Foundry, Eastleigh
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