MAPLETONS NUT FOOD CO

[BENS]

has anyone any info on this company that used to be in garston?

[CaroleW]

By using Google

http://www.garstonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/publications.html

Scroll down to Archive leaflets and for 50p-   C17. Messrs Mapleton's Nut Food Company Ltd
 

[garstonite]

HA HA...Yes it was 5 doors from my house , in HEALD ST, Garston,Liverpool...
It was owned by Quakers and was eventually closed about 1996...it made Nut Toffee , Treacle Toffee ,Cinder Toffee , Stickky Lice and the proverbial Nut selections...my dad worked there as a 15 year old , so that was 70 yrs ago...the Front was on Moss st and the back , with a HUGE sliding door was on Heald St...the deliveries were at the sliding door and the smell from that factory was heavenly...especially when making the Cinder Toffee....allan

[Ray J]

My mother was only talking about this the other day.

She worked there around 1936 at 14 years of age - her name is
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[ainslie]

Honey Grains and later, Frugrains were among their breakfast cereals, looking like rough, miniature logs.  Did the company have a big fire or is imagination taking over from memory?
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[jamesrob1]

I was brought up on Fru-Grains and when they stopped making them, I was gutted. I have even tried making my own from the ingredients on the side of the packet but without the proportions I can't get the taste right. I don't suppose anyone worked there and knows what the proportions were?   

[AlanBoyd]

28 May 1932: The Sphere

[AlanBoyd]

1921
Hugh Thomas Mapleton 51.6, b Gravesend Kent, Governing Director, Mapleton's Nut Food Co. Ltd.
Pear Tree Cottage, Hale Cliffe, Hale


searching 1921 census for  employer: Mapleton and
residence county: Lancashire gives 107 hits (seems to include some Manchester addresses)
registration district: West Derby gives 95 hits
registration district: Prescot gives 5 hits

so, they employed ~ 100 people at that time.

[AlanBoyd]

Friday 30 October 1931: Liverpool Evening Express

£55,000
GARSTON FACTORY FIRE
RESIDENTS LEAVE THREATENED HOMES.
BUSINESS CENTRE IMPERILLED.

LIVERPOOL Fire Brigade was called out five times last night and during the early hours of the morning.

The most serious fire occurred at Garston, where Mapleton's nut food factory, Moss-street, was destroyed. AS a result 200. workpeople have been affected.

The damage is estimated at £55,000, £20,000 being the value of the stock, while the plant is said to be worth £35,000.

Garston residents, awakened by a  loud report at 1 a.m., saw flames leaping from the roof of the factory.

The Garston and Liverpool Central Fire Brigades, under Chief Officer Oakes, fought the flames for three hours. When the roof and floors crashed in some of the men had narrow escapes.

 It is believed that the outbreak griginated in the boiler house in the basement- The flames spread quickly and the whole building was involved including the roof.

By the time the fire brigades reached the scene the inside of the building was a furnace. A strong wind was blowing at the time and a sheet of fire was carried across the street.

RESIDENTS' ALARM.
Heavy timbers crashed inside factory and sparks fell on the adjoining property in Moss-street and Heal-street. People living in adjacent streets left their beds as a precaution. The factory is situated with frontages in Moss-street and Heald-street. It was in Heald-street, where adjoining the works is a row of firemen's dwellings that the blaze had the strongest hold. The fire station and police station adjoin and on the opposite side of the street are the Orange Hall, the Winter Gardens Ballroom and the Cooperative Bakery.

The firemen climbed on to the buildings and concentrated their efforts on preventing the flames from spreading.

The roof of the factory fell in, and shortly after 2 a.m. only the south wall of the building remained standing.

Many of the workpeople arrived today not knowing there had been a fire. All they saw was a heap of debris.

The Evening Express understands that the disused refinery belonging to Mapleton's, in Wellington-street, Garston, will be fitted up and work will begin again on Monday, owing to the rush of business for Christmas express orders to America

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