FAMILY REUNION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 May 1931, Page 8

FAMILY REUNION

NOVEL LONDON SCHEME LONDON, 18th April. Behind an agony column advertisement requesting members of the Hoare families to communicate with 87, FleetStreet, lies a novel family reunion plan by a London banker, Air Alfred Hoare. lie proposes to hold an annudl dinner, at which everyone belonging to his family, no matter where they may he, is invited to attend. .The Hoare family has carried on Iloare’s bank for 260 years in an unbroken line from father to son. The family is scattered throughout the world.

“There are a great many of us wlio might never meet, except accidentally once in a lifetime,” declared Mr Alfred Iloarc, a grey haired old gentleman with charming manners, in an interview. “Both men and women will be eligible as members of our dining club, which will include those who have joined the family by marriage. We expect to hold the first dinner early in June, as anyone living abroad is most likely to come to England at this time. The club has all kinds of picturesque possibilities and many novel meetings may occur.” , Home's bank is one of the few London banks which has preserved a mellow Victorian atmosphere.