George Ward, Amersham Entrepreneur
By 1890, George and Bessie had a shop in the Broadway selling crockery and toys with a newly built photographic studio in the yard behind.
In 1896 they moved to larger premises, opposite the Market Hall in Amersham High Street. Here George set up an engineering business and a ‘Cycle and Motor Works and Domestic Machinery Stores'. They offered a wide range of services, including watch repairs, and sold phonographs and records.
Until about 1910 he manufactured the “Wizard” bicycle in his workshop.
