Back Down Memory Lane

After my little bathe in the waters of nostalgia last week, someone I know has pointed out that we were not the only people in Limerston Street to remember Ted. Fiona MacCarthy in her book The Last Curtsey describes him and our neighbourhood with fondness too:

Contrary to my understanding of things, she seems to be suggesting that Granny Takes a Trip was not a Vivienne Westwood enterprise - Westwood (who I gather was responsible for the outfit of Princess Eugenie at the recent Royal Wedding) came later, it seems: