During their long married life, Alfred and Caroline had twenty two children. However of his six sons, only two survived him in the business, Alfred and Henry. Under their control the company further became a landmark in the Southwark area at Southwark Bridge Road; in Lambeth at Lambeth Walk and in Carshalton at Wrythe Lane. Alfred and Henry were in turn followed by their sons Alfred, Henry and George. Alfred worked from our premises in Southwark Bridge Road, whilst Henry and George worked from Lambeth Walk. After the Second World War, Henry and his younger brother George developed the memorial side of the business, in the mews behind the Lambeth Walk premises. This heralded a period of change and they were one of the first monumental masons in London to begin importing marble from Italy again, and witnessed the transition from horses to motors.

 

In 1934, when the St Helier estate was first built, the company took premises at 101, Wrythe Lane, moving to our present location at 304, Wrythe Lane in 1939. The business at Carshalton was initially run by Harry, the son of Alfred junior. He was succeeded by his son Tony until his retirement in 1996. We took over our Streatham Vale office in 1978 and opened the Carshalton Village office in 1993. Sadly the premises at Southwark and Lambeth are no longer there and we now operate from Carshalton and Streatham Vale with our head office at Carshalton, Rosehill. The company today maintains links with the community and sponsors AFC Rosehill, a local youth football team who play at Thomas Wall Park, Rosehill.

 

We are proud to say that the company now in its 127 th year is owned and managed by the founder's great-grandson Gary and his family, maintaining the personal and traditional service for which we have long been known.