Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke

His close contacts with German toy manufacturers, particularly Gebruder Bing, introduced him to the very advanced state of design in Germany and organisations such as the Deutscher Werkbund.

Although Bassett-Lowke left school at thirteen, he absorbed many new ideas from his travelling and contact with people from all walks of life.

[3] In January 2011, it was announced that W.J Bassett-Lowke would be commemorated with a steel sculpture placed alongside the River Nene near a cycle route which runs from Beckets Park towards Upton in Northampton.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh and poet John Clare were also to be commemorated as part of the same project, having received the second and third highest number of votes respectively.

The sculpture was installed in Beckets Park, close to 78 Derngate, in April 2013 and officially unveiled in August of that year by a group from Sustrans that included Aggie MacKenzie.