Businessman. Born John Davan Sainsbury, one of three brothers, he entered the family business in 1950, becoming chairman and chief executive in 1969. Created Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover.
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John Sainsbury
{Beneath the crest of the Royal Ballet School:} The Bridge of Aspiration, the...
Born in Strasbourg as Marie Grosholtz. Her mother worked for Dr Curtius, a wax modeller, who taught his skills to Marie. In the French revolution made death masks of the executed nobles and royalty...
See Joseph Lyons and J. Lyons & Co. The photo is probably c.1930/40s.
2019: We read the splendid Legacy by Thomas Harding published by Heinemann, a history of the family that built the J. Lyons empire. Below are our notes from that reading (augmented by the Oxford Ho...
Established in 1866 this Building Society was closed down in 1984 by the Registrar of Friendly Societies for what were then considered unsafe business practices. From This Is Money: "The New Cross ...
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
From the parish of St Peter's in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a private aged 21.
There is sheet music dated 1873 for a song "True for ever" with words and music by Lady John Manners and Virginia Gabriel. Could this be the same LJM who opened our garden? We hope so.
The Town Hall in Euston Road once housed these interesting murals by Cecil Osborne.
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