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A works overall documentary picture

Backing paper annotated with: 'Group in Grounds'. This photograph forms part of an archive of photographs produced by Cadbury. Each photograph was catalogued and annotated. Some images were used in ...

Birmingham and the Grunwick Dispute 1976-1978

SETTING THE SCENE ‘Grunwick’ was an industrial dispute centred on Cricklewood, north London but which had national significance. Political and campaign groups from around Britain rallied to the support ...

Black nursemaid, Bournville

This is a photograph of an un-named black nursemaid sitting with three white children who are presumably in her care. It was taken in the Triangle, Sycamore Road, Bournville, in the early 20th century. ...

Bookcase in University House

This bookcase stands in University House, Edgbaston and represents the love of books and learning demonstrated by Rose Sidgwick and Margery Fry. They had first met at Somerville College, Oxford, where ...

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 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.

Cadbury advertisement: Testing Room at Bournville

Testing Room at Bournville was one of a series of advertisements published by Cadbury between October and November 1910. Each advertisement was designed to promote a different aspect of the Bournville ...

Cadbury advertisement: The Cricket Pavilion at Bournville

‘“All work no play” is not the rule in the Factory in a Garden at Bournville.’ The working and leisure environments of the working classes were the focus of many middle class reformers and social investigators ...

Cadbury advertisement: This is a Bournville Workroom

Bournville Works and village was a social and industrial experiment devised by George and Richard Cadbury that was made possible by the relocation of their company from central Birmingham to rural Bournbrook ...

Cadbury advertisement: This is a part of the Bournville Recreation Grounds

This is a part of the Bournville Recreation Grounds was one a series of advertisements published by Cadbury between October and November 1910. Whereas the advertisement entitled This is a Bournville Workroom1 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cadbury's Lodge, Bournville

Backing paper annotated with: 'The Lodge as it appeared for many years before and after the turn of the century. It was for a considerable period the main entrance for the girl employees, and their time ...

Cadbury's Marzipan Cutting Department

In 1902 Cadbury established a Visitors Department to manage the large number of people wishing to visit the factory and village. Nearly 4,000 people visited in the first year to glimpse the world of George ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield

Programme for a performance by Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, 'the Black Swan' in Birmingham on June 23rd 1853. Among the songs performed by Taylor Greenfield were 'The Cradle Song', 'Home, Sweet Home,' ...

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).

Mills Munitions Workers

This photograph shows the staff of the Mills Munitions Factory in Bridge Street West, Newtown, Birmingham, which supplied the 'Mills Bomb' hand grenade to the British and Allied armies throughout the ...

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