A 1935 Daimler The Hon Brian Lewis A chair mender with her

A chair mender with her child standing outside a wine shop in Soho Square

Interior view of Mr Horton's Soup Room

Six statues on the outside of the Guildhall

Sir John Parsons embarking on the Lord Mayor's Barge at the Red Lion Brewhouse

A 1935 Daimler The Hon Brian Lewis A chair mender with herA 1935 Daimler. In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler, together with Wilhelm Maybach, patented one of the first successful high speed internal combustion engines and also developed a carburettor that made possible the use of petrol as fuel. Their early petrol engines were restricted to bicycle use (resulting in possibly the first motocycle in the world) and within four years they had designed their first four wheeled automobile. In 1899 they built the first