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Ah, if HN readers are fascinated by Pret a Manger, wait 'til they hear about J Lyons tea shops.
by kps 6y ago
Ah, if HN readers are fascinated by Pret a Manger, wait 'til they hear about J Lyons tea shops.
- recursive 6y agoAnd here I've only just heard of Pret a Manger. That's after I misread it as "a Pret manager", which was equally nonsensical.
- Lio 6y agoDon’t knock Lyons, they made the world’s first business computer[1] for those tea shops ...and they sell crumpets. This would be like finding out Pret had a side gig in quantum computing ...and crumpets. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)
- kps 6y agoYes, LEO was the point. A chain of English tea shops were bleeding-edge pioneers of computing.