COFFEE AND SAVELOYS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 14, 27 October 1934, Page 6

COFFEE AND SAVELOYS

DUKE'S SON IN HIS STALL , SERVING HUNGRY TAXIMEN. " 'Coffee and saveloy? Certainly, sir,' said Lord Edward Montagu, son of the Duke of Manchester, passing me a cup and a plate," said a correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Maidenhead, near London, recently. Bright lights and the aroma of cottee had* attracted the correspondent to the spot. The coffee stall, mounted on the chassis of a motor-car m the grounds of the Riviera Hotel, was busy. A young man, keen-eyed and active, was serving customers. Beside him was an assistant, Miss leggy Bevaft, stoking the little fire Lord Edward Montagu, ex-Canadian farmer, explorer and adventurer, grinned cheerfully. "I built this stall myself in three weeks," he said, < and broke my finger nails in the process. I started work last night with less than a pound ,and made over £4 in the first 24 hours. But I had to work all night. Miss Bevan and I worked righU-hrough the night, and I did not go to bed until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. , ,14, "I suppose you might think that I would get a gang here from Mayfair, but that is not so. I get dozens of taxi-drivers, who have to wait around here for hours while their employers are visiting the various clubs." One of Lord Edwards' first customers was a Frenchwoman, a close friend of his, but most of his customers were strangers. "This is just a beginning, ' he said. "I hope to get a chain of stalls going. A couple of weeks ago 1 was going to join the French Foreign Leo-ion, but I think this is better.'.'