1957 Centenary Dinner (Ray Cox’s group)

Phil’s History:

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.

First row: (L to R):

P. Nye;
(This is Philip Nye, who worked on the vans, but I know nothing else about him);

Mrs Nye;

Mrs Verney;

S. Verney;

Second row: (L to R):

Miss P. Bull;

Mrs Bull;
(Mrs Bull worked in the office. Perhaps she was a typist and/or general office assistant. She was a longish-standing name ‘on the strength’ at the Park End Street office); [In connection with Mrs Bull, my memory brings up the name Peter Reynolds (a singer?), and my mother, Gwen, knew all the relevant details, but these things have slipped. I need to ask my brother Michael about this (6.8.15).

Miss J. Tully;
(I assume that Miss Tully was an office assistant or typist. I do not remember seeing her name before, so perhaps she was relatively new in 1957 and perhaps also did not stay very long);

Mrs Cox;
(This is Ray Cox’s wife);

R. Cox;
(This is Ray Cox, who was in charge of wages. One summer I was employed to deal with the wages during Ray’s holiday).

Phil’s History:

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1957 Centenary Dinner (Ray Cox’s group)