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Does anyone know of any Jam factories in the Erdington area during the 1920's please?
Thank you horsencart and Astonian for your replies.
I am even more curious now as I have mid-1920s records for a one time resident of Chester Road, Pipe Hays, then in the care of the Meriden Union, whose stated occupations are "Jam Packer" and "Factory Hand". Do you know what sort of work was going on in Birmingham region workhouses at that time?
I have no specific details of the Jam Factory, but my father who came from Aston used to tell me when coming from Aston to watch the aeroplanes at Castle Bromwich Airfield, there used to be a Jam Factory and a Soap Works facing the Tyburn House on the corner where the Snooker Club is (the Castle Vale corner), this would fit in with the Pype Hayes connection.
My Mom worked at Greenwood's Jam factory when she lived in Pype Hayes way back in the 40s. She said if you looked in the vats before cooking you could see the contents moving due to the amount of insects that were also in there! Didn't stop her eating jam all her life though. She also worked at a Biscuit factory when I was a child. It was called Fachinos I think and she also used to buy broken Biscuits to bring home. Happy days.This would have been Greenwood, Paige & Co. I have moved the last two posts to the Jam factories thread, which mentions this factory