Hello,
My name is Graham William Lemon. I am told that I am the 5th generation Graham Lemon of the founder of Lemon's Pure Sweets in Dublin. I am the son of William Diamond Lemon born in Dublin in 1932 and moved to London in 1958. He had a brother Arthur George Lemon who became a headmaster in a school in Donegal. They had an older sister called Eileen who became a nurse, married and emigrated to Vancover Island in Canada. The records may be a bit blurred due to the fact that my dad was the youngest of the 3 children and there farther (George Graham Lemon, I believe) died of a "bad liver "when my dad (William Diamond Lemon) was 9 and there mother (I believe called Evelyn) when he was 13. This obviously coinsided with the end of the 2nd world war and ment that sugar was in very short supply so the sweet factory had supply problems. They lived in a house in Lansdown Road Dublin which they kept after the parents died. There farther did not work and had various hobbies based around engineering, steam and car engines. He owned many cars and a couple of steam engines and left the family business in a total mess regarding continuity. The Sweet Factory which made the "my lady" branded pick and mix for Woolworth's fell into the hands of Tate and Lyle sugar. They subsequently sold it on to Barker and Dobsons which in turn was taken over by a Japanese investment company in the 1980S . Hence the closing of the shop in 84. If any of the above is relevant to you then please reply so that we can get in touch.
Best Regards
