Lily Wright was born in 1904, she met a soldier Jock Izzard and they married in 1924.
Lily worked for the Salter family all her life until retirement first as a housemaid, then as a nanny, and lastly managing the Bridge Hotel and Tearoom on Abingdon Bridge. Lily was the backbone of our family and we spent every Christmas at the hotel.
Jock also found work at Salters becoming captain of the Steamer the Sonning up and down the Thames.
When mum’s parents died young, Lil and Jock adopted mum’s two year old brother who later helped Jock as a Captain’s boy on the Sonning.
When they retired, they bought a shop in Marston on Edgeware Road where I worked every Saturday.
Lily and Jock were a lovely couple greatly missed.
Lily and Jock Izzard - Oxford Salter connections
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Fascinating to see this picture of the Izzards. I found out quite a bit about them when researching the history of the Oxford and Kingston steamers. One report was that Jock Izzard (real name Arthur, apparently) was always well turned out, with a white collar and blue tie with gold pin. On one occasion he jumped into the river to save the life of a man who wanted people to think he was drowning: in fact it was a tasteless practical joke. I wonder if anyone else has stories to share about men and women who worked for Salters?
From Angie Trueman – Webmaster-
Back in Feb 2021 we had a talk from Simon Wenham about the Salters of Oxford called ‘Sculls, skiffs and steamers: the history of Salter’s Steamers’. Others may also be able to help Iain?
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