q6:

[dubdobdee]

6. What dual enterprise:

i: produced 693?
ii: has come to manage without corporal liberation?
iii: started with the well-heeled clientele of Eastbourne?
iv: moved to magnificent premises next to Marylebone Lane?
v: combined one of Queen Anne’s footmen and a Somerset House porter?
vi: began when two pharmacists were inspired by a gourmet’s Bengali experience?
vii: confusingly operates under the sign of the coffee-grinder?
viii: after 86 years brought Aquila chrysaetos to the Borders?
ix: had its foundation in a Bolognese’s pursuit of a diva?
x: was a favourite West End meeting place?

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

One of these must be Tate & Lyle, v possibly?

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

I suspect one of them - either iv or v most likely - is Fortnum and Mason.

None of them appear to be Marks & Spencer, but i could be I suppose.

So I guess they're all - & - shops, but that's all I've got.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

yes i think v is fortnum and mason, they were definitely in royal service previously

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

Oh - iv could be M&S, is their flagship store near Marble Arch at Marylebone Lane?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

could vii. be Gray & Seddon, the tea merchants?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

No, but Google Maps (is that also cheating?) says that the enormous Debenhams is at the south end of Marylebone Lane.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

Ooh ooh, is vi. Lea & Perrins?

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

vii is Berry Bros and Rudd!

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

Goggle reveals that Aquila chrysaetos is the Golden Eagle, so I think viii must be Lyle & Scott.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

(via a hint and then Google)
"693" was the Code No. under which Sulfapyridine aka M&B, once used to treat pneumonia, was logged by May & Baker