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3 unusual facts about Alliott Verdon Roe


Feet forwards motorcycle

Designed by Sir Alliot Verdon Roe in 1926, the Ro-Monocar used a 250cc Villiers two stroke engine, and featured a high degree of enclosure for the rider and a bucket seat.

Roy Chadwick

At age 18 in September 1911, he began work as Alliott Verdon-Roe's (later Sir Alliott) personal assistant and the firm's draughtsman at A.V.Roe and Company based at Brownsfield Mill, Manchester.

Wandsworth

A green plaque to commemorate aviation pioneer Alliott Verdon Roe was unveiled by Wandsworth Council and members of the Verdon-Roe family beside the A3 close to Wandsworth Fire Station on the site of Roe's first workshop in the stables of his brother's house at 47, West Hill.



see also

A.V. Roe

A.V. Roe and Company - generally known as Avro - British aircraft manufacturer founded by Alliott Verdon Roe