Austin Factory Works Lunch

A photo most likely to have been taken in the 1940's at the factory of F Austin (Leyton) Ltd, on Argall Avenue, East London. Seated at the back are the four Austin brothers, who all were company directors. Circled in green is Frank Austin the company's founder, to his left (the viewers right)and circled in red is is his youngest brother Herschel Lewis Austin, the production manager, known as "Mr Lew". The other two brothers are most likely to be Samuel, transport manger and Nathaniel, who are to the right of Frank (our left). Harry, the oldest of the brothers was not employed at the firm. he had emigrarted to Austrailia around 1922, but later returned to England, running a chain of shoe shops in Oxford.