Henry Ford & the Peace Ship
The story of the ship chartered by Henry Ford to carry a delegation of peace activists to Europe, with the aim of bring a swift end to the First World War. Boarded and impounded by the Royal Navy as it entered British waters, the ship was taken to Kirkwall Harbour in Orkney and held for four days before being released.
Location
Kirkwall Harbour, Mainland. Orkney.
Date
December 13th - 17th 1915.
Oughtrington Hall
A manor house that was home to Belgian refugees during the First World War, largely funded through the generosity of Henry Ford.
Location
Lymm High School, Oughtrington Lane, Lymm WA13 0RB.
Date
December 1914 – July 1918.
Swallow
A short-lived sports car, made by a company with a complicated back-story and close links to Standard, Triumph, and Jaguar.
Location: Swallow Coachbuilding Co. (1935) Ltd. The Airport, Walsall, Staffordshire.
Date: 1954 - 1955.
Paramount
A short-lived company that grew out of a used-car dealership, building an aluminium-bodied tourer, styled in the fashion of more expensive cars, but initially fitted with a small Ford engine.
Location
Paramount Cars (Derbyshire) Ltd., 50 High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8HS.
Date
1946 – 1950; production ended in Leighton Buzzard in 1956.
Whitewebbs House
The one-time home of Frank Gardner; financier to Léon Serpollet, manufacturer of Gardner-Serpollet steam trams, buses and motor cars.
Location
Whitewebbs Lane, Enfield EN2 9HH.
Date
1902 - 1906.
"P.T.L" Gardner-Serpollet Steam Automobiles
A short-lived enterprise, established to manufacture the French-designed Serpollet Steam Car.
Location
British Power, Traction & Lighting Co., Ltd, 103 - 104 Hull Road, York, YO10 3LQ.
Date
1901 - 1903