Spiers & Pond Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Spiers, Felix W
- Pond, Christopher
- Criterion Theatre
- Criterion Restaurant
- Bailey's Hotels
- Chicken Inns (London) Ltd
- Express Dairy Co Ltd
- Holborn Viaduct Hotel
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Business services
Contract catering
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Hotel, lodgings & catering services
Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
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Recreation activities
Theatre, concert hall, music hall, music festival, etc, development & management
Notes:
Traced origins to 1850s when Felix W Spiers, d1911, and Christopher Pond, d1881, established at Melbourne, Australia, a catering business, especially railway catering. 1860s returned to UK and took up contracts with railway companies to provide station and train catering. Incorporated 1882 when a major business. Developed other catering assets including Criterion Theatre and Restaurant and a chain of hotels notably through the acquisition of Bailey's Hotels in 1894 which they expanded. Acquired in 1957 by Chicken Inns (London) Ltd which in 1960 was acquired by Express Dairy Co Ltd
Publications:
- Holborn Viaduct Hotel, London. Tariff of charge by Unknown
- Searching for Spiers. A history by Spiers, Ronald S
- Spiers & Pond. Restauranteurs, cricket promoters and hoteliers extraordinaire by Spiers, Ronald S
- The London Restaurant, 1840-1914 by Assael, Brenda
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Spiers, Felix W
- Pond, Christopher
- Criterion Theatre
- Criterion Restaurant
- Bailey's Hotels
- Chicken Inns (London) Ltd
- Express Dairy Co Ltd
- Holborn Viaduct Hotel
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Business services Contract catering
- Hotel, lodgings & catering services Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
- Recreation activities Theatre, concert hall, music hall, music festival, etc, development & management
Notes:
Traced origins to 1850s when Felix W Spiers, d1911, and Christopher Pond, d1881, established at Melbourne, Australia, a catering business, especially railway catering. 1860s returned to UK and took up contracts with railway companies to provide station and train catering. Incorporated 1882 when a major business. Developed other catering assets including Criterion Theatre and Restaurant and a chain of hotels notably through the acquisition of Bailey's Hotels in 1894 which they expanded. Acquired in 1957 by Chicken Inns (London) Ltd which in 1960 was acquired by Express Dairy Co LtdPublications:
- Holborn Viaduct Hotel, London. Tariff of charge by Unknown
- Searching for Spiers. A history by Spiers, Ronald S
- Spiers & Pond. Restauranteurs, cricket promoters and hoteliers extraordinaire by Spiers, Ronald S
- The London Restaurant, 1840-1914 by Assael, Brenda