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LONDON ST WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? ✔ BOW STREET
« on: Tuesday 13 September 16 21:56 BST (UK) »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of this photo

LONDON  Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy with possible famous person

I get the impression the men wish to be photographed with the chap in the bowler hat. Does anyone recognise him? An MP possibly? Craven Dairy shop in background. Public House to right with BARCLAY PERKINS sign (Brewery in Southwark).

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 13 September 16 22:06 BST (UK) »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%26W_Nicholson_%26_Co

J & W Nicholson & Co - makers and purveyors of gin.
Suffolk: Pearl(e),  Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 13 September 16 23:07 BST (UK) »
Were the soldiers part of an escort for the man with the book?    And what could be the significance of the book be, I wonder?    Could it be the 1920s in fact?
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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 13 September 16 23:21 BST (UK) »
Good evening,

Possibly John or William Nicholson as they are outside one of their businesses.

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 13 September 16 23:42 BST (UK) »
Well it's certainly not William Nicholson (of MCC fame) who died in 1909.
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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 13 September 16 23:50 BST (UK) »
The "& Co.;D ;D ;D
Goldschmidt; Gregory, Maude, Nancy Price, Welby (UK),
Goldschmidt > Goldsmith, Benetta, Bloom, Gillis, McDonough, Moses, Wheaton (Australia / NZ),
Spatz & Henderson (Greater London),
Herbert Spatz MC > H. Spence MC (Salisbury),
Spatz > Spence, Nichols. Kidd (Bromley > Manchester South, India),
Spatz > Spaatz (Boyertown, PA - USA),
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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 00:24 BST (UK) »
It looks to me as if the soldiers are an escort for the person of interest.

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 00:31 BST (UK) »
Good morning,

William Nicholson MCC had two sons, John and William. They would have been about the age of the person in the photo. So a possibility there qjau.

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 01:00 BST (UK) »
have you looked for the businesses in historical trade directories or telephone directories?

In the 1917 phone book a branch of Craven Dairies was listed in Bow Street, and Nicholson Distillers in St John Street in the city. Obviously these entries aren't adjacent to each other but they could be listed elsewhere
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