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Cadbury's Bournville Factory
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Lady P.
Cannot be sure of the exact date, but think it was certainly definitely pre 1951., as the Cadbury name (certainly on the bars and I would have thought on the boxes) was changed to the scrolling signature, rather than the block typeface. The Cadbury bar logo on the side very much resembles that on the 1934 advert below, which was very different to that employed earlier, but this general design continued for some time The first original bars (pre WW1) were 1/2 pence each (Don't know what weight) The little booklet issued to employees on the centenary of the first CDM states that in 1934 a 2 oz bar was 2 shillings, but this seems rather a lot for the time, so am not sure if there was a misprint.
When I finally excavate my Bournville magazines from the loft I will probably be able to give a better answer.
Cannot be sure of the exact date, but think it was certainly definitely pre 1951., as the Cadbury name (certainly on the bars and I would have thought on the boxes) was changed to the scrolling signature, rather than the block typeface. The Cadbury bar logo on the side very much resembles that on the 1934 advert below, which was very different to that employed earlier, but this general design continued for some time The first original bars (pre WW1) were 1/2 pence each (Don't know what weight) The little booklet issued to employees on the centenary of the first CDM states that in 1934 a 2 oz bar was 2 shillings, but this seems rather a lot for the time, so am not sure if there was a misprint.
When I finally excavate my Bournville magazines from the loft I will probably be able to give a better answer.
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Lady Penelope
master brummie
Thanks Mike. It seems a shame for it to get lost. It's nice that it's still in one piece and had its lid. Two of my relatives had cafes in the past - it may have come from one of them. I wonder if there's a Cadbury's collector out there that would like it?
Great box. Maybe Cadbury World would be interested? Although they might already have this one.
I remember the bars that were 1d (one old penny for younger members!). They were long strips about an inch and a half wide (younger members : 3-4 cm!!). Quite thin chocolate that had a satisfying click when you broke it it. That would have been around the late 1950s.
Viv.
I remember the bars that were 1d (one old penny for younger members!). They were long strips about an inch and a half wide (younger members : 3-4 cm!!). Quite thin chocolate that had a satisfying click when you broke it it. That would have been around the late 1950s.
Viv.
Lady Penelope
master brummie
Probably the same bars as in the box Viv. I might try Cadbury World, thanks.
yep those are the one viv...think they must have been about in early to middle 60s as we used to love aunt junes visits..she worked at cadburys and always bought us kids a couple of boxes of the 1d choc bars (thanks for the pics of those boxes pen)..happy days
lyn
Advert in the Tatler from 1909 . I remember that up till about sometime in the 1970s R&D had some bars of chocolate that had been returned from the Scott expedition (though I don't think they got as far as the south pole just to the base camp). However, although it was found that, althoughthey were in a tin, they were so infested with cocoa moths that they were destroyed.
Bournville female employees rhythmically dancing in the grounds in 1951. Accompanied by a pianist!!! "Come on gals, lightly on those toes. Let's burn off some of that choccie" . Viv.
Very surprised by this Cadbury Bournville cocoa 1944 advert. Very patriotic, but a machine gun in one of their adverts? And the Cadbury's being Quakers. Just doesn't quite add up. Maybe they came under government pressure. Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
It does seem an enigma, however, given that Birmingham - and the surrounding areas of the West Midlands, played a great and decisive part in world war two production - maybe this was how Cadburys chose to portray their part in things. I suppose many people might not have associated a chocolate manufacturer with war work, but the advert clearly shows how Cadbury brought much comfort and pleasure to those men and women who were fighting for freedom.
Is not directly to do with the advert, but around 1970 Cadbury;'s still produced a special cocoa drink, then mainly for the navy. It was made from ground cocoa nibs and flour, the flour giving a thicker more energy giving product, though possibly it did not taste as good (I never tasted any, but it was supposed to be a very good drink for naval personnel out at sea in the cold wind). This was the way drinking chocolate had originally been made in the 1800s, the flour absorbing the fat. so that it did not rise to the surface in any unpleasant film. This was replaced in the commercial product, and a big hting made of the new product being pure and unadulterated, and by 1970 the flour-containing product was actually illegal to sell under the food regulations. however, as the stuff for the navy was for the ministry of defence, these rules did not apply.
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Mike we called it Kye
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Radiorails
master brummie
I encountered the RN kye when I spent a period with the Fleet Air Arm. Strong stuff. 
Hi Viv
here is one going to Bournville Cadburys factory
And if my memory serves me correctivly if your self or should i say phil
could possibly recall this one take from the robbers of our site, co,s i certaily recall it
the Barges bringing milk down the cannal to the factory ,, yes,
here it is,
here is one going to Bournville Cadburys factory
And if my memory serves me correctivly if your self or should i say phil
could possibly recall this one take from the robbers of our site, co,s i certaily recall it
the Barges bringing milk down the cannal to the factory ,, yes,
here it is,
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Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
For the position of the family in WWI...."How Cadbury brothers took different paths in First World War.".....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...others-first-world-war?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Thanks Pedro. Must have been many heated debates in the Cadbury family during the war.
The message which came through in the work's magazine of 1914 is that they tried to take account of both sides of the debate. A tricky position for them to navigate as they had many staff fighting in WW1. (Quote below is extracted from beyond the trenches.co.uk)
"In November 1914, the first ‘Factory and the War’ column was published. Contained within is an address given by Cadbury Bros to its employees:
‘We feel that it is the duty of every one of us to be willing to sacrifice our own immediate interests on behalf of out country. Some have felt it their duty to go to the front, but it is not less incumbent upon those who, for conscientious or other reasons, cannot let their patriotism take this form, to bear their share' "
Viv
The message which came through in the work's magazine of 1914 is that they tried to take account of both sides of the debate. A tricky position for them to navigate as they had many staff fighting in WW1. (Quote below is extracted from beyond the trenches.co.uk)
"In November 1914, the first ‘Factory and the War’ column was published. Contained within is an address given by Cadbury Bros to its employees:
‘We feel that it is the duty of every one of us to be willing to sacrifice our own immediate interests on behalf of out country. Some have felt it their duty to go to the front, but it is not less incumbent upon those who, for conscientious or other reasons, cannot let their patriotism take this form, to bear their share' "
Viv
sorry for the delay in posting some pages from the old cadbury book i have folks...got side tracked and completely forgot so here they are now..if you click on them and click again on the arrow top right they will enlarge again
lyn
lyn
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Lady Penelope
master brummie
Viv - your post #350. The Galtons were gunmakers and Quakers too. That's always puzzled me. Difficult path to tread I should think.
S
Stitcher
Guest
Nice photo Stitcher. Presume that hand decoration doesn't happen anymore. Viv.
S
Stitcher
Guest
Would this be Cadburys?.
S
Stitcher
Guest
Radiorails
master brummie
It certainly is part of it Stitcher. The part that I like is that which has the name 'Cadbury' upon it. I have to admit having misty eyes when passing through Bournville by train a few years on my way to York. It was one of the last places I was at - The College on The Green - before moving to Devon.