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Friday 13th February 2026  

Gambles building firm, 1950s

Brothers Ron and Aubrey Gamble ran a building firm in Quorn, G Gamble and Sons, which was started by their father George. They built many houses in Quorn, including most of the Spinney Drive, Elms Drive, Cradock Drive area. For more details about the firm and its origins as Thompson and Gamble see Artefact 2390

This unique photograph, taken in the early/mid 1950s, shows:
Two men at the back: Keith Chamberlain, Joe King.
Front: Ron Gamble, Aubrey Gamble, John Golding, Peter Gamble.

Ron Gamble died in 1963 and Aubrey in 1974

Thank you to Jane Hollingworth (Peter Gamble’s daughter) for sharing this fantastic picture.


   
 Submitted on: 2022-05-08
 Submitted by: Jane Hollingworth, with additional names from Chris Sharp
 Artefact ID: 2491
 Artefact URL: www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=2491

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