Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 166,595 pages of information and 246,589 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.
Charles Henry Smith (1877-1960)
Worked at the Rex Motor Manufacturing Co and was also the chauffeur to his employers
Drove the Rex car in the 1903 Reliability Trial
He was a motor engineer all his life untill he retired, then continued part-time, including driving a delivery lorry for Tuxford and Tebbut (Pork Pies) of Melton Mowbray.
He gave up driving at the age of 82 after taking over 3 hours to drive home 30 miles in a blizzard
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