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@Skülly
Wimpy ruled. Spicy Bean Burger was my regular when I was earning 7K before tax, they had a Wimpy in Soho til quite recently! And one on Islington green, I used to go there for coffee and sit outside instead of all those wank bars they got there. Who said it was expensive??? ^^^. It was WELL CHEAP.
As for the lyons corner house thing, there was a really innersting piece on the obituaries programme on radio 4 last night, about this guy (David something) who work for Lyons, post WW2, who invented the 'business computer' aka 'automatic office', to sort out payrolls and orders and stuff, back when Lyons was a seriously large concern. They actually tried to start selling them to other people too. And he only had one leg and used to walk (hop?) up Snowden on a regular basis.
Yeah what was the question? Oh falcon decals. Yep bang em on I say. They were a large manufacturer back in the seventies, but with a fairly decent rep thanks to Ernie Clements, their founder. I think the ones that said 'Falcon by Ernie Clements' were the premium stuff for a while... Depends on the bike/year etc. Of course they did make some average/shite too. Originally were Coventry Eagle I believe, and later some of the old Falcon people went on to make British Eagle (made in wales I think?) when Falcon got big and shit. And Falcon licensed Eddie Mercx marque to sell in the UK for a while, but andyp was saying the other day they are probably made of plumbing pipes.
The digested read: Falcon = not totally crap. Lyons were bigger than a few burger bars, and their fall wasn't the sole result of that business model. Spicy Beanburgers were FUCKING LUSH, and I want one now.