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 162,237 pages of information and 244,492 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.

Vanguard Motor Omnibus Co

From Graces Guide

of Albany House, Albany Street, London

works at Walthamstow

1907 The company was registered on January 4th, to amalgamate the London Motor Omnibus Co, the London and District Motor Bus Co, the Motor Bus Co and the London and Provincial Motor Bus and Traction Co. [1]

1908 The London General Omnibus Co bought the Road Car Co, the Vanguard Co[2], and all its other main rivals, thereby gaining an almost total monopoly in London.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  2. The Times, Mar 06, 1908