SIGNIFICANCE
In Adelaide - the city of churches - it is poignant that the very first Scott Bonnar premises
were in a little church in Young Street. In this post series I have presented new and original
research that changes the history - or pre-history - of the Scott Bonnar Company.
I have attempted to show that Scott Bonnar's world was different to ours - a transitional world
between the age of the horse and carriage, and of the horseless carriage. It was a simpler world
where town planning - in a planned city - still enabled residents and industry to coexist, side
by side.
The word 'lawnmower' does not enter the narrative at this time. A young Scott Bonnar was making
a living out of manufacturing and selling his first invention, the patented Lightning feed cutter.
He was also, at least, dabbling in the automotive trade. What other munitions or engineering work
he was doing is simply not known.
Scott Bonnar's move to Bloor Court in July 1917 is also a significant story, and one still awaiting
its stage appearance in these forums. Needless to say, that story has its own surprises ...
The rest is history.
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JACK
