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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Spiers and Pond
The plaque has the name as "Spier and Pond" but this should read "Spiers and ...
Enrique Manuel Aguirre was born on 25 May 1903 in Anerley, Kent (now Greater London), the youngest of the three children of Enrique Blas Aguirre (1866-1926) and Henrietta Emma Aguirre née Rogers (1...
A family owned company with a tradition in professional horticulture. The largest grower of trees (both field and container grown), in the UK and one of the largest in Europe.
It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'. There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...
