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Lillie Hall

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C S Rolls' car showroom, Lillie Hall, Fulham, London, 1903
C S Rolls' car showroom, Lillie Hall, Fulham, London, 1903

Lillie Hall was a disused roller skating or ice skating rink off Seagrave Road (just south of Roxby Place, next to the rail line), Fulham, London, that in 1902 (or January 1903) became Charles Rolls' first car showroom, to sell imported French Peugeot and Belgian Minerva vehicles. Rolls went on to co-found the Rolls-Royce company in 1906.

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Lillie Hall
Lillie Square, London Walham Green (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham)

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Lillie Square
SW6 1DZ London, Walham Green (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Lillie Square)
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C S Rolls' car showroom, Lillie Hall, Fulham, London, 1903
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