Northumbria Confectionery Works, Blyth

[AllanUK]

A big thank you to you both - the link to the Northumbria Confectionery Company is on my wife's side of her extended family.

[Phodgetts]

I haven't researched to see if this is the same family descended from James Marshall, but this is an advert for Marshalls Corner House Cafe at Blyth taken from a 1930s promotional brochure published for the Blyth Harbour Commission.

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[MollyC]

Maddison Street is north of the railway station on this map, revised 1921.  It seems to have some small industrial buildings.  Turner Street is to the SE of the station.  The postcard in #7 shows the railway bridge by the station.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/132279290

[Phodgetts]

I am wondering, despite the move of the Northumbria Confectionary Works to Evesham, if the building on Maddison Street was what became Maynards? Was it Maynards? I seem to remember as a kid going to Presto, that close by the carpark was a large sweet factory.

Perhaps one of the more mature among us can enlighten me / us?

I do know there was Redheads and their building was just beside the Renwick Road level crossing, though whether they relocated within the town at some point I do not know, it is outside my comfort zone and usual area of interest at Blyth.

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[Phodgetts]

Just for your interest, the Star Works and Redhead sweet factory. If you look carefully you can see a line-up of staff in white aprons lined up for the photo. I believe they were stood one what was the platform of Blyth very first railway station called Cowpen Colliery Gates! but that is whole different subject.

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[blythian]

I am wondering, despite the move of the Northumbria Confectionary Works to Evesham, if the building on Maddison Street was what became Maynards? Was it Maynards? I seem to remember as a kid going to Presto, that close by the carpark was a large sweet factory.

Perhaps one of the more mature among us can enlighten me / us?

I do know there was Redheads and their building was just beside the Renwick Road level crossing, though whether they relocated within the town at some point I do not know, it is outside my comfort zone and usual area of interest at Blyth.

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The Keystone in the Redheads/Maynards building says 1913 and "Established 1883". The original buildings don't have any dates on them but the Renwick Road/Harper Street lane  the rear bulding is on is one of the last cobbled lanes in Blyth

Maddison St/Station St


Renwick Road/Lane