Clement Ader, French engineer and inventor Size:L: 75 x 50cm Street Party in Pinnington Road

Street Party in Pinnington Road Gorton North in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

The scene is based on the parable as recorded by St Luke

A market woman

At the time of the Roman invasion of Britain during the reign of Claudius

View of Buckingham House

Clement Ader, French engineer and inventor Size:L: 75 x 50cm Street Party in Pinnington RoadClement Ader, French engineer and inventor, 1915. Ader (1841 1925) is best known for his work in aviation. In 1890 his aircraft 'Eole' became the first self propelled aircraft to take off and fly (albeit only for 50 metres), 13 years before the Wright Brothers made their famous flight. He also made improvements to Alexander Graham Bell's telephone and, in 1880, established the first telephone network in Paris. A photograph from Album de Photographies