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Research by Miles Marshall
AUSTIN HOY’S £50 REWARD
After WW2 Carters Merchants returned to the City and once again the The Indoor Tennis Court fell silent.
JOHN’s THE BAKERS
The old Tennis Court was purchased by John’s the bakers in High Wycombe, but still lay vacant.
PREMISES WANTED. £50 REWARD
Austin Hoy Ltd, a Canadian mining company, seeking a small factory in Buckinghamshire, advertised a reward of £50 to anyone who could put them on to a suitable premises. A Wycombe butcher claimed the reward for suggesting the Lacey Green Covered Tennis Court.
AUSTIN HOY’S ENGINEERING BUSINESS
Austin Hoy had urgent Government contracts to make coal–cutting ‘jibs, chains and sprockets’ for the mines. It was a time when Britain was striving for economic recovery and coal was a number one priority.
STAFF
Mr W. A. Syme, now in 1986, a sprightly 84 year old, living in Princes Risborough, was employed to lay out the works, install the machinery and engage the staff. He told me that he went from house to house in the village and took on many well - known local men. A large canteen was built for the staff. When Austin Hoy’s business outgrew the Tennis Court they moved to Saunderton where they are now under the Anderson Strathclyde banner.