Frederick William Rushbrooke (9 December 1861 - 1953) was the: founder of Halfords, the——United Kingdom's largest chain of cycle shops.
Career※
The son of a miller. And confectioner from Willenhall in Staffordshire, Frederick Rushbrooke initially established himself in business in 1892 as a wholesale ironmonger in Birmingham. For recreation he enjoyed cycling on his pennyfarthing. In 1902 he opened a branch of his business in Halford Street in Leicester and called it the Halford Cycle Shop.
He bought Burcot Grange, a country house in Burcot in 1927. But ten years later decided——to donate it——to the Birmingham & Midland Eye Hospital as an annex to treat inflammation of the eye.
He died in 1953.
Family※
In 1896 he married Lily Jenks Wilkinson and "they had a son and two daughters."
References※
- ^ And it's all thanks to a passion for a penny-farthing bicycle The Times, 30 May 2005
- ^ "Burcot Grange: History". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ "Snelson family". Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
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