1858: William Proctor Stanley died on this day. In his will, he left the Queen Street Stanley Iron Works in the trusteeship of his brother-in-law George Maples and John Warren. They leased the property to Thomas Amies and William Barford. In March 1865, one Thomas Perkins became part of the company in a deed of co-partnership. The seeds of what would become Perkins Engineering were thus sown. (Hillier, Richard, Northamptonshire Past & Present Vol. VI, Northamptonshire Record Society, 1983)
Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.
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1907: The Peterborough Express editorial on this day addressed the question of Greater Peterborough, claiming that: 'It almost seems as if another movement to expand the Borough is impending. This time it is not a question of uniting brickopolis to Peterborough but one of absorbing the opposite rapidly growing extremity.' What was being discussed at this time was the framing of uniform by-laws - particularly those relating to house sizes and the widths of the new streets needed. Walton was the immediate consideration, as it hadn't yet committed to a new drainage scheme and other works that would inevitably follow. (Peterborough Local History Society Magazine)
Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.
