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Description: | Copper plaque comemmorating the foremast of the 'Thisbe' which used to stand outside the premises of Aveling Barford in Houghton Road, Grantham. The plaque explains that the Thisbe was a Destroyer of the 'R' class built in 1915 and saw service in the Dover patrol and at the Battle of Jutland. The ship was broken up in 1937 and the foremast was purchased by C G Miller, who presented it to Aveling Barford. The mast was erected in the forecourt of Aveling Barford's works on Houghton Road on 24th April 1946. On the same day, Mayor of Grantham, Alfred Roberts drove the first of the Grantham class Road Rollers over a bottle of champagne to celebrate the completion of the first post-war roller. This plaque was attached to the mast whilst it was in-situ at the Aveling Barford works. The plaque is rectangular in shape and has the details of the Thisbe and of the completion of the first post war road roller inscribed onto the surface in capital lettering. | Temporal: | 1946 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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