Group    From 1855  To 1957

Spiers and Pond

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink

This Ruislip website refers to a lost S&P war memorial and gives some historical information, stating "They were well-known wine merchants and railway caterers as well as owning their own restaurants."

The start date given for the company is approximate.

The Daily Screw provides some information about Messrs Spiers and Pond, and the text of a W. S. Gilbert ballad which lauds the S&P restaurants.

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Spiers and Pond

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Spiers & Pond Hotel

The plaque has the name as "Spier and Pond" but this should read "Spiers and ...

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original HMV store

original HMV store

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Sir Frank Green

Sir Frank Green

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Sir Thomas Gresham

Sir Thomas Gresham

Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.

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Coaching Inn. It's origin is uncertain, but in the 15th century it was owned by the Poynings family and was known as the Crossed Keys or Crowned Keys. It may have been renamed in honour of Queen El...

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Sir Horace B. Marshall (Junior)

Sir Horace B. Marshall (Junior)

Publisher and newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–1919.  Born Streatham, son of Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, whose business he joined.  His daughter married J. Arthur Rank.   Searc...

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