Banquet of the FWRA, 19th and 20th May 1949, at Park Lane Hotel, London

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A ‘work in progress’ family history website starting from an Archer family of South Oxford, who were freemen, brewers, haulage contractors, and first ‘Archer & Co’ then ‘Archer Cowley & Co’ furniture removers in the 19th and 20th Centuries, inter alia, to whom are linked by marriage the Penfolds and Wells of Southwark and Surrey, the Reeds of Devon, the Gilders of Oxford and Hinckley, the Morgans of Petworth, Sussex, the Garners of Middleton, Lancs and many others. There are connections via Phil and the present generation (born 1930s/40s) with a patent law firm known as "UD&L" with motor-racing and Scottish antecedents.

Caption reads: “Banquet of the FWRA, 19th and 20th May 1949, at Park Lane Hotel, London.

As ever, it was WGRA who attended such functions, and not his sons. Perhaps they didn’t wish to. So this is 68 years ago as I type this note in 2017. And all these people are long gone.

Perhaps “FWRA” was actually the “NFWRA” the name that I am somehwat familiar with, as the National Federation of Warehousing and Removers Association:” (which sounds a bit tautologous and I haven’t been able to verify it yet via an online search). (15.4.17: [update]: believe should be ‘Warehousemen’ rather than ‘Warehousing’ - see the caption to another item in this scrapbook).

WGRA himself is indicated by his arrow, slightly right of centre at the bottom of the frame. So, in 1949 he was age 22 + 49 = 71 i.e. four years younger than I am now. And I suppose I do (now) look about his age! (then).

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Banquet of the FWRA, 19th and 20th May 1949, at Park Lane Hotel, London