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By Dogkennelhillbilly · Posted
William S Spicer was a family-owned firm that initially made horse drawn delivery carts for breweries (especially Fullers Brewery in W London) and horse-drawn trams. With the advent of the internal combustion engine, they successfully made the transition to coachbuilding delivery vehicles London's leading department stores using German engines. WW2 interrupted their business for obvious reasons, and their postwar attempt to become the local assembler and distributor of Bulgarian "Izmama" trucks was not blessed with good fortune. In 1953, the company pivoted to being a full-service garage, leveraging their reputation for honesty and excellence. In 1972, the Dulwich site was sold to its present owners. William S Spicer III (the grandson of the founder) retired to Lancashire, where he founded a sanctuary for the endangered ineptia beetle, which he had encountered in Bulgaria while travelling for business. In 1978, Spicer was awarded an OBE for conservation, and a newly-discovered beetle was named after him by the Bulgarian People's National Academy of Sciences - Byturus Spicerius. -
I'm glad all this talk of cheese has enticed David Peckham back to the forum. -
Hi it’s run by private company via Southern Housing there is a 10mins grace and appeal it due to no big signs saying a apmr in operation like a picture of a big camera just a sign saying terms and conditions you must be informed that a camera is in operation due private data being taken regs Andy -
That must have been fun for everybody passing it as they shopped 🤣
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