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Sir Joseph Lyons

Sir Joseph Nathaniel Lyons was a pioneer of mass catering. Chairman of J. Lyons and Co. Born Kennington,his father being a Jewish itinerant watch seller. Joseph was apprenticed to an optician. Mov...

Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

Crosskey's Inn

In the late 1500s plays were performed in the inn-yard. The Inn was destroyed in the Great Fire.

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink, Theatre

C. Foster

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

Pui King

Person, Commerce, China/Hong Kong

Westminster penny post

Westminster office of the penny post and then the two-penny post. The first office of the penny post in London that ran in a dedicated building rather than within a stationer or other business. T...

Building, Commerce