Jester's Bauble
Dr H.C. Crew of Oakswell House in Wednesbury carved this jester's bauble. He made it to entertain Belgian refugees who were staying in the upper floors of his house during the First World War. When the ...
Head of Jester's Bauble
Dr H.C. Crew of Oakswell House in Wednesbury carved this jester's bauble. He made it to entertain Belgian refugees who were staying in the upper floors of his house during the First World War. When the ...
Photograph of Cadbury's Forewomen
This photograph forms part of an archive of photographs produced by Cadbury. Each photograph was catalogued and annotated. Some images were used in publications and advertisements, whilst others were ...
Food and Travel Expenses of Lizzie Lamb, age 17
This notebook is an account of Lizzie Lamb, an employee of Cadbury, for one week's record of expenses (food and travel).
Watercolour depicting East Indian Labourers, by Jeanne Borde
In 1903, Jeanne Borde's watercolour of East Indian Labourers was used on the cover of Brandon Head’s book, The Food of Gods.1
1 Brandon Head, The Food of Gods: A Popular Account of Cocoa (1903)
Cadbury's Dining Room Check
Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens like this dining room check encouraged employees to use in-house services, whilst others were used to monitor the ...
Cadbury's Cocoa Labelling
This photograph forms part of an archive of photographs produced by Cadbury. Each photograph was catalogued and annotated. Some images were used in publications and advertisements, whilst others were ...
Cocoa - The Story of its Cultivation, illustrated by Frank Newbould
Frank Newbould’s designs for Cocoa: the Story of its Cultivation, were in a bold graphic style. He used vibrant colours to illustrate some of the key stages in cocoa cultivation, from harvesting through ...
Certificate for Long Service at Cadbury
This certificate was awarded to Amelia Drew, an employee of Cadbury, after seventeen years service. It was awarded on the fifth of April 1930. Amelia Drew began working for the company in 1913, and as ...
Cadbury's Card Box Department
Backing paper annotated with: 'The department in the early years of the century, before the move to Q Block'.
This photograph forms part of an archive of photographs produced by Cadbury. Each photograph ...
Bournville Work & Play
The publication Bournville Work & Play was one of a series of publications produced by Cadbury during the 1920s and 30s. The publications were intended to promote the working practices of the company, ...
Cadbury's Cocoa Promotional Jug
Cadbury’s cocoa jugs were promotional gifts produced from the early 1900s until the mid-1930s. The jug was to be used to make Cadbury’s cocoa, using the company’s iconic Cocoa Essence. An early version ...
Cadbury's Postcards
These postcards form part of a bound volume of Stiffeners and Coupon Sheets 1906-1916, by the artist H.N. Bradbear. Very little is known about the artist, but it is probable that he/she worked for Cadbury, ...
Cadbury's Postcards
These postcards form part of a bound volume of Stiffeners and Coupon Sheets 1906-1916, by the artist H.N. Bradbear. Very little is known about the artist, but it is probable that he/she worked for Cadbury, ...
Cadbury advertisement: Something Like a Present
This window bill is part of a bound volume of advertisements and other marketing paraphernalia produced by Cadbury at their Bournville Works.
Bournville Continuation School Cookery Notebook
In 1926, George Cadbury Jnr wrote that, 'As employers […] we only have a right to use the labour of young people if we make sufficient provision for their proper development […] the privilege of using ...
Belgian Refugee Register: War Refugee Committee
The Belgian Refugee War Register is one of a series of documents associated with the Belgian War Relief Fund that was established during World War One to support the thousands of Belgian refugees who ...
Letter from Mollie Cadbury to her parents, 26 April 1915
Marian Janet Greeves (née Cadbury) enrolled with the British Red Cross in April 1915 at the age of twenty-one. Like her brother Laurence she saw service in Belgium during World War One. As a Red Cross ...