
What is recorded here
This white commemorative plaque records: Venture Works Alfred Cackett 1857-1947 He made penny farthing cycles and claimed to have made the first diamond framed bicycle in Kent. He built the Venture motorcycle from engineers junk. Recorded plaque organisation: Charing & District Local History Society.
Alfred Cackett was a bicycle and motorcycle maker who contributed to early cycling technology in Kent, claiming to have created the region's first diamond-framed bicycle and repurposing scrap to build the Venture motorcycle.
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