Three Aveling and Porter products are found in The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry and the TV series based on the books: George the Steamroller, Trevor the Traction Engine, and Fergus the Railway Traction Engine.
During the 1950s Pringle acted as trainer for the works team of Aveling Barford, the Grantham-based manufacturer of steamrollers.
Thomas Aveling complained in January 1871 about "the reported inefficiency of the Nurses ... more than twlve months since", which is interesting because as mayor 1869–70 he had a level of supervision of the charity.
The school is named after Thomas Aveling, a partner in the world's largest manufacturer of steam rollers in the 19th century, named Aveling and Porter, who were located in Rochester.
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With the demise of the Gildersome works the company became a sales and service organisation for construction plant and machinery e.g. Ford, Barford, Kubota.