Sir William McAlpine
MADAM – Sir William McAlpine (Obituary, ATG No 2340) often engaged the services of my father, John Pryke, a specialist structural and contracting engineer, and was very supportive to him when our family business went the unfortunate way of so many (as opposed to McAlpine’s).
However, I know that as an engineer and generous man, Sir William would wish it to be known that my father was responsible for moving the barn from a farm in a nearby village to Knebworth House [as referenced in the obituary], as it needed a restaurant for its growing amount of visitors.