I was recently remembering Ray Clarke and Bill Martin, was it 40 Moorland Road, Weston? I used to see Ray sometimes when picking up parts from our local wholesaler in Bristol. Many of the local club riders from the Bristol area had his frames.
In the late 40's to early 50's they built mainly bronze welded, Bill was an artist with the torch, and unlike some others, used a huge flame about 6 inches long, and produced the finished joint without needing any further reheating or filing. He had one alignment tool which he made, a tee square with 2 vertical pins and a pointed end. This was all he needed to build frames, particularly bronze welded. There were also lugged frames.
It was Bill Martin who reckoned to true up wood rims with a wood chisel, I always preferred a more traditional approach.
When Ray Clarke finished Bill went to Gardiners in Bristol welding aluminium window frames, using his huge flame. A true artist with it.
Keith