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HAMBURGER,
Maurice (1883-1975) was born of Dutch parents and
came from a theatrical family. They travelled
throughout the Netherlands, Britain and the United
States where a large part of Maurice' schooldays
were spent. He spoke Dutch fluently. His career
with Lyons started on 21 February 1898 when he
joined the Accounts Office under George Booth,
company secretary and then under George Dee on the
ground floor of 'S' block. He was transferred
briefly to the Stock Department, returned to the
Accounts Office and then to the Audit Office.
During the First World War he joined the Army and
returned to the Audit Office where he remained for
most of his career. He had been, for many years,
treasurer of the Cadby Hall Athletic Club and was
the champion sprinter of his day but excelled at
most sports including rifle shooting and rowing. He
lived in the 'country' at Barnes and remembered
cheering the last remaining mail coaches en route
for Reading and Oxford. He met and married
Constance Muriel (born 1903) who also worked for
the company as a bookkeeper with Lyons Bakery and
they both retired together in 1964. He had worked
66 years and she 46 years. Their joint service was
unique in the Group's 81 year history at that time.
Maurice died on 29 August 1975 aged 92 and
Constance in April 1996 aged 93.
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HECK,
Charles (1905-1985) joined the company in 1919 and
retired as the manager of the Throgmorton
Restaurant on 28 August 1970. He joined the company
initially as a page boy at the Trocadero Restaurant
and worked there until 1940, the last 15 years as
head waiter. During the war he served with the RASC
to run officers' messes and his commanding officer
at that time was Leonard Gluckstein. In 1946 he
took up a position at the Coventry Street Corner
House as assistant manager, a position he later
held at the Strand Corner House and the Oxford
Corner House. He then returned to the Trocadero
Restaurant as assistant manager and remained there
until it closed in February 1965. From here he
transferred to the Throgmorton Restaurant as
manager. Charles Heck died on 6 June 1985 aged 80
but his obituary in the Lyons Mail of September
1985 records his initials as H. K. Heck.
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HUBER,
Harry (1897-1981) started his career with Lyons at
the Regent Palace Hotel in 1919 at the age of 20.
He was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, where he had
been trained in catering and came to England in
1915 because of the war and also to learn English.
He first worked in several London hotels before
joining the Regent Palace Hotel as Grill Room
Superintendent. Subsequently he moved to Outdoor
Catering then to the Trocadero Restaurant as Head
Waiter and in 1924 he managed the Grand Restaurant
at the Wembley Exhibition. In 1925 he moved to the
Popular Cafe, Piccadilly, as manager and in 1928
went to Olympia as Catering Manager. His next move
was to the Strand Palace Hotel in 1932 where he
remained until 1937 when he returned again to
Olympia as Catering Manager. From 1939 until 1942
Harry was in charge of the catering for the Bank of
England camps at Hurstbourne and Overton. He
returned to hotel work in 1942 becoming the Relief
Manager at the Corner Houses and hotels finally
becoming Manager of the Oxford Corner House in
1945. In 1950 he again joined the Trocadero
Restaurant as Catering Manager and in 1954 became
the Banqueting Manager until his retirement in
1959. Harry Huber died on 25 November 1981. His
son, Victor Huber, was Manager of the Albany Hotel,
Birmingham, and the Albany Hotel Nottingham, when
that opened in 1969.
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