Hermione

1. Ah. It could have been Wimbledon when Dick played there - or the Singapore bowls team.

2. No, the Bernays. One of the previous generation was a bit of a tinkerer and designed the famous "Bernay Streamline" car. Family used to own a sqare mile or two in the middle of Hong Kong until a legal blunder lost it for them.

About the only thing left after that was the silver - and Mike had that stolen because he left the back door open after eating breakfast one day. When he died, estate duty was quite moderate because the furniture was not recognised. The French branch of the family are rolling of course after Doreen married into Dutch money. Indeed she seemed to have the fortunate sorrow to marry well but briefly and then inherit the lot.