Lockhart Equipment Ltd
This catering supplier can be traced to Robert Lockhart (1821-1880), a Scottish-born metal broker in Liverpool. He was also a Presbyterian minster and temperance advocate, who in 1879 launched a chain of cocoa and refreshment rooms in Liverpool, Newcastle, Sunderland and London. His descendants continued the business as Lockhart, Smith & Co. After the Second World War, Lockhart’s was restructured and in 1947 took over another chain of catering establishments run by Peter Merchant.In 1958, Li....
