Show FIRM RM OF HISTORIC MEMORIES MEMORI ES english caterers cateress Cater ers go back centuries to recall tho days of their foundation the inott moct famous firm of cater caterira caterers ca terera ers in the city of london that of ring and brymer suffered buffered the loss of its senior partner mr alexander brymer who died a few days ago at tho the age of seventy six the firm has existed in london tor for several centuries and has supplied tho the food for the lord mayors and other banquets tor for many years its little shop in cornhill known as from the namo name of the original proprietor has been a landmark in the city since 1666 from the days of charles 11 II it has been a house of appointment and place of at call tor for the ahe merchants of the city of london and throughout these years its aspect has not changed its front Is probably the oldest in london the original birch it Is said cooked a baron of beet beef in front of the great fire of london and as long ago as 1775 his bis successor was catering tor for halt a dozen city companies the most famous of the birches presided as londona Lon dons chief magistrate over the feast which ho he himself had provided with tho the czar of russia the king of prussia louis and the prince regent as the principal guests today the house Is famous for the turtle soup which velch ls Is such a feature of city banquets and for punch usually fifteen turtles providing pints of soup are killed for the lord mayors banquet it was in tho the thirties of last century that tho the shop passed into the possession of at Aless rs ring and brymer the fathers of mr air alexander brymer and the surviving senior enter partner |