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Continuing the research by [[Miles Marshall]] on [[The Indoor Tennis Court]]
 
Continuing the research by [[Miles Marshall]] on [[The Indoor Tennis Court]]
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'''AUSTIN HOY’S £50 REWARD'''
 
  
 
After WW2 Carters Merchants returned to the City and once again the [[The Indoor Tennis Court]] fell silent.
 
After WW2 Carters Merchants returned to the City and once again the [[The Indoor Tennis Court]] fell silent.
  
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'''JOHN’s THE BAKERS'''
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'''The old Tennis Court was purchased''' by John’s the bakers in High Wycombe, but still lay vacant.
  
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The old Tennis Court was purchased by John’s the bakers in High Wycombe, but still lay vacant.
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'''£50 reward was offered by''' [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Austin_Hoy_Ltd 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.
  
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'''PREMISES WANTED.   £50 REWARD'''
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'''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.
  
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[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Austin_Hoy_Ltd 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.
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'''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.
  
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'''AUSTIN HOY’S ENGINEERING BUSINESS'''
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'''The old ‘Court’ was next taken over by Gyproc''', manufacturers of plasterboard, though it was only their Contracts Department that came to Lacey Green, supplying and erecting partitions and suspended ceilings, so only stores and offices came here.
  
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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.
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'''Palmer & Harvey.'''  In 1965 Gyproc sold to J. K. Taylors of High Wycombe, a much respected manufacturer of old fashioned boiled sweets.   Several members of the Taylor family had been Mayors of Wycombe in their time.   Like many businesses it became part of a much larger concern, [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Palmer_and_Harvey_Ltd Palmer and Harvey Ltd], whose speeding red vans are a daily reminder of the industrial heart of our once rural village.
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'''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.
 
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'''GYPROC of ROCHESTER.'''  The old ‘Court’ was next taken over by Gyproc, manufacturers of plasterboard, though it was only their Contracts Department that came to Lacey Green, supplying and erecting partitions and suspended ceilings, so only stores and offices came here.
 
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'''PALMER & HARVEY.'''  In 1965 Gyproc sold to J. K. Taylors of High Wycombe, a much respected manufacturer of old fashioned boiled sweets.   Several members of the Taylor family had been Mayors of Wycombe in their time.   Like many businesses it became part of a much larger concern, [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Palmer_and_Harvey_Ltd Palmer and Harvey Ltd], whose speeding red vans are a daily reminder of the industrial heart of our once rural village.
 
  
 
'''APRIL 1986. COMMENT IN HALLMARK. - PALMER AND HARVEY TO CLOSE'''
 
'''APRIL 1986. COMMENT IN HALLMARK. - PALMER AND HARVEY TO CLOSE'''
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We had no idea that Palmer & Harvey were to close, last time when we featured the history of the premises.   It’s only a rumour, but if planning application is submitted for houses on the site, it will be a sad end to the old tennis court.  It’s not a pretty building, but very much part of old Lacey Green and an accepted building doing a very useful job in supplying jobs for village people.   So if anyone asked us what is best for the community – 20 new houses or 20 local jobs – we should have no hesitation in saying the latter.
 
We had no idea that Palmer & Harvey were to close, last time when we featured the history of the premises.   It’s only a rumour, but if planning application is submitted for houses on the site, it will be a sad end to the old tennis court.  It’s not a pretty building, but very much part of old Lacey Green and an accepted building doing a very useful job in supplying jobs for village people.   So if anyone asked us what is best for the community – 20 new houses or 20 local jobs – we should have no hesitation in saying the latter.
  
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'''PLANNING APPLICATION.'''  In 1991, in need of repair, a planning application was made to demolish the building and build houses on the site.
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'''In 1991, in need of repair, a planning application was made''' to demolish the building and build houses on the site.
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'''PLANNING PERMISSION.'''  1991 Palmer and Harvey applied for planning permission to demolish the old indoor tennis court and to replace with housing
 
  
 
The numerous letters sent to and published in Hallmark following the Planning Application are printed under '[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Hambe_Close Hambe Close]'
 
The numerous letters sent to and published in Hallmark following the Planning Application are printed under '[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Hambe_Close Hambe Close]'

Revision as of 06:24, 16 July 2023

This photo was taken about 1990 when the premises closed for the last time
Austin Hoy Ltd
Construction Era
Type of Property
Use of Property
Locations


Continuing the research by Miles Marshall on The Indoor Tennis Court

After WW2 Carters Merchants returned to the City and once again the The Indoor Tennis Court fell silent.

The old Tennis Court was purchased by John’s the bakers in High Wycombe, but still lay vacant.

£50 reward was offered by 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 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.

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.

The old ‘Court’ was next taken over by Gyproc, manufacturers of plasterboard, though it was only their Contracts Department that came to Lacey Green, supplying and erecting partitions and suspended ceilings, so only stores and offices came here.

Palmer & Harvey. In 1965 Gyproc sold to J. K. Taylors of High Wycombe, a much respected manufacturer of old fashioned boiled sweets.   Several members of the Taylor family had been Mayors of Wycombe in their time.   Like many businesses it became part of a much larger concern, Palmer and Harvey Ltd, whose speeding red vans are a daily reminder of the industrial heart of our once rural village.

APRIL 1986. COMMENT IN HALLMARK. - PALMER AND HARVEY TO CLOSE

We had no idea that Palmer & Harvey were to close, last time when we featured the history of the premises.   It’s only a rumour, but if planning application is submitted for houses on the site, it will be a sad end to the old tennis court.  It’s not a pretty building, but very much part of old Lacey Green and an accepted building doing a very useful job in supplying jobs for village people.   So if anyone asked us what is best for the community – 20 new houses or 20 local jobs – we should have no hesitation in saying the latter.

In 1991, in need of repair, a planning application was made to demolish the building and build houses on the site.

The numerous letters sent to and published in Hallmark following the Planning Application are printed under 'Hambe Close'

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