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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cheshire => Topic started by: alyson123 on Friday 01 January 10 20:35 GMT (UK)
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Just found out on 1911 census that an ancester worked for a chocolate manufacturer (job in heaven if you ask me!) Anyway he was living at 9 Lime Grove, Hoole, Chester ......... anyone got any ideas as to the chocolate heaven manufacturer he might have been working for?....... he was an advertising agent apparently mmmm......lots of free samples! Any ideas welcome!
Regards
Alyson
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Hello Alyson123,
I don't know the answer offhand but the people who will be able to help with this are in the Chester Heritage and History Centre. They have a website but the link is very long, could I ask you to put this into the search engine in the circumstances?
Their E-Mail address is on the website.
Jo
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Thanks Jo I will try this.
Alyson
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Hiya Alyson....Cadburys factory in Moreton is probably what you are looking for...I played football for Cadburys in the mid 1970`s...Hoole to Moreton is about 20 minutes in a car or by train...it was where the Cadburys Cakes were made and you will have to google it but "Premiere Foods" is the name of the factory now but it is still called Cadburys by all the locals...http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/78073 hope this comes up....I think it ceased to be Cadburys in the 1990`s....allan
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Hello Alyson123,
I don't know the answer offhand but the people who will be able to help with this are in the Chester Heritage and History Centre. They have a website but the link is very long, could I ask you to put this into the search engine in the circumstances?
Their E-Mail address is on the website.
Jo
Hi Jo
If you go to the bottom of this page and click on 'Shrink link' you can paste the long link in and it will give you a much more manageable one to post on the thread :) :)
Linda
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Hi,
I don't think the Moreton factory is the one in this case. The reference is in the 1911 census and I am fairly sure that factory was built some years after WW2 by Cadbury to make chocolate biscuits and later their cake range. I remember the gorgeous smell as we took our children past the factory on the way to the beach.
Dickiesam
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Hi: my thought would be - as an advertising agent, he wouldn't necessarily have had to live local to the chocolate manufacturer, would he :-\ He could have worked for any one of the manufacturers, based anywhere in the country.
BumbleB
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Hi, Alyson, have you looked at the trade directories? I thought that perhaps they supplied confectioners or cocoa rooms.
The Kellys Directory for Cheshire 1910 is online at the following link if you are interested look at page 846
Regards
Kathb
http://cheshiredirectories.manuscripteye.com/pdf/1910/04a/index.htm
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Thank you Kath for that wonderful link to the Cheshire Directories.
BumbleB
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Wow!
Thanks to all for the ideas and links ......... you have all provided me with plenty of research to delve into ........ I wonder if there was another Cadburys factory in Moreton prior to the one in the picture?Thanks garstonite for that!...... will have to look into that!
Kath, why did I not think of the trade directories? dehhhhhhh!
Thankyou everyone, so much for all your help.
Alyson
Will return with conclusions!!....... ideas still welcome!
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Hi
I looked in the Directory a couple of days ago but couldn't find anything suitable.I have looked for many thing in My Time but never Chocolate ;)I used to work in cadburies, when i left I found i gone right off chocolate ;D
Celia
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Cadbury Moreton was built in 1958. The first time they had a factory in this part of the country. Bournville being the main factory of course.
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Celia ...... I'm looking for chocolate all the time.........I forget where I've hidden it from my son!..........I wonder if I could get a job at Cadburys- Kill or CURE!
Certacito please tell me more about the Bournville factory!!
Alyson
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Bournville is in or near Birmingham the home of Cadbury's. I think the town is called Bournville? The Cadbury family were quakers and were well thought of by their employees I understand.
Sorry I can't tell you more.
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Alyson
Try a different way of searching,Go back to the directories and look for you ancestors name Under resident (Chester).Sometimes but not allways, in brackets, they give who they work for.I have been doing the directories for years and found that they are usually big establishment ,For the want of a better word :)
Celia
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Thanks Certacito......will check out Bournville site locations.
Yes, That is good thinking Celia ..... will try that also.
Working my way through the Xmas chocolates whilst resarching this topic ......... really need to put this one to bed
before I put on a stone!!
Regards to all
Alyson