Mr John "Tom" Simson was a retired Lloyds underwriter, and moved to Canal Walk in the 1970s. He was a keen artist, and as well as the painting he placed on the wall of his garage in Canal Walk, he most notably painted the three pictures purchased by the Town and Manor in 1984, and hung on the wall of the Corn Exchange:

1. "St Lawrence offering the poor and needy to the Church instead of gold"

2. "John of Gaunt presenting his charter to the Town and Manor of Hungerford"

3. "John Rennie being welcomed by the Constable of Hungerford at the  opening of the Kennet and Avon Canal from Kintbury to Hungerford"

From NWN 10 Sep 1981