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When Gimson started designing metalwork in about 1900 he saw some hinges that Alfred Bucknell, son of William the village blacksmith at Tunley, had made for Alfred Powell. (Architect and painter of Wedgwood pottery. Gimson and Alfred set up a forge…

Alfred Powell was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 14 April 1865, the son of Thomas Edward Powell by Emma Corrie. He was the architectural pupil of John Dando Sedding, working in the 'crafted Gothic' tradition inspired by John Ruskin. His wife, Ada…

Bernard Shaw attended a puppet show (Presumable given by William Simmonds) at Alfred Powell's home, he was disparaging of the experience - see his letter!

Ernest William Gimson (pronounced 'Jimson') was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers" and was as one of the most influential designers…

Fred Gardiner was born in Waterlane, one of five brothers and two sisters whose father was a builder. Fred was apprenticed to Ernest Gimson, one of the leading practitioners of the Arts and Crafts Revival movement which flourished between 1860 and…

Previously Harry he had worked for ten years as a cabinet-maker in Liverpool. He started work at Sapperton at 8d per hour making furniture to Gimson's designs. Later he joined Peter Waals at his Chalford workshop, It was Waals who wrote this offer of…

Peter Walls Workshop at Chalford  by Kay Rhodes From 1919 to 1937 a group of craftsmen worked for Peter Waals in workshops in what used to be Halliday's (or Smart's) Mill at the bottom of Cowcombe Hill. Much has been written about their work,…

Among the many newcomers, one of the best known was Sir William Rothenstein. Born in Bradford in 1872, the son of a cloth merchant. he studied art at the Slade and in Paris where, as his great nephew Max Rutherstone wrote, 'the seventeen year old…

The following Article was part of the Simmonds Archive gifted to Oakridge History Group. We have been unable to track down the publisher and hope that there is no breach of copyright reproducing it here. The published article has handwritten…