Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

haystack

I have a photo of my grandad meeting the Queen at J Lyon's , Hammersmith road.

I will upload it , if i can find it.

dog, bull ... can't remember what else he told me

Did you know that Nigella's mother's family owned J Lyons.

I'm surprised she isn't a politician.

Please alders if you can get your hands on it,

I finds this all very interesting.

Hays do you have any going back to early Thershers days???????

aldwickk 07 Jan 2014 19:40 - 35234 of 35237

haystack

I have a photo of my grandad meeting the Queen at J Lyon's , Hammersmith road.

I will upload it , if i can find it.

gf
I think you have seen this before

Here is a Pathe news of the photo above being taken. My father is at the left of the middle row looking at the picture. The tall guy next to him is the Queen's detective. The tall guy behind the Queen is princess Di's father. The film clip will only play on a PC and not a tablet. The photo is being taken at about 1 minute 58 seconds into clip.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/queen-with-gothic-ships-company/query/gothic

Hay's

Great photo ., yes i have just found the photo. I only found out about Nigella's mother's family owned J Lyons. when i was reading about her court case , i alway's thought it was the Salmon family.

My Grandad's name was Tom Barrett , and he worked there for 50 years i think and retired about 1965.

It was the salmon family. Her mother was a Salmon. Vanessa Salmon.

I thought at the least she would have been a goldfish.

Here it is.

Barracuda more like.

Hay's

Yes , he also went as far as Balmoral

I must say its a nice change to chat about something other then politics

I wonder what she is saying to him.

Tom Barrett, what area? I have a Barrett in my family.

One has to wonder what the plebians are eating?

Foreign office or something like that.

Hays and Aldwick big thankyou for sharing your family history.

The photos are superb. A look back at glorious times. Amazing and so interesting to see your posts and the history behind the photos.

So glad you shared. Thankyou both.