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It all began with engineer's apprentice, Stanley Roberts. Keen on 'motoring', his parents rented him a small garage at the back of their home in Peckham, where in 1910 he started his business instructing people to drive. The first cars Stanley's first school car was a Dutch-built 'Spyker' and his first student was a former coachman, who he trained to become a chauffeur. He soon added more cars with a Richard Brazier, a Berliet, two Darracqs and a Milnes Daimler for learner lorry drivers. Then, moving the growing driving school to Coventry Street in Piccadilly, he gave the business a new name - The British School of Motoring (BSM)...