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Cans of Bournville Cocoa powder c.1910 A bar of dark Bournville chocolate. Bournville is a brand of dark chocolate produced by Cadbury. It is named after the model village of the same name in Birmingham, England The first product bearing the Bournville name was Bournville Cocoa powder in 1906 then Bournville Chocolate in 1908. [1] It was first ...
Bournville (/ ˈ b ɔːr n v ɪ l /) is an affluent model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, [2] and designed to be a "garden" (or "model") village [3] where the sale of alcohol was forbidden. [4]
Cadbury World is a visitor attraction in Bournville, Birmingham, England, featuring a self-guided exhibition tour, created and run by the Cadbury Company. [1] The tour tells the history of chocolate, and of the Cadbury business. A second location in Dunedin, New Zealand, closed in May 2018. [2]
George developed the Bournville estate, a model village designed to give the company's workers improved living conditions. Dairy Milk chocolate, introduced by George Jr in 1905, used a higher proportion of milk in the recipe than rival products. By 1914, it was the company's best-selling product.
George developed the Bournville estate, a model village designed to improve the living conditions of company employees. Dairy Milk chocolate, introduced in 1905, used a higher proportion of milk within the recipe compared with rival products. By 1914, the chocolate was the company's best-selling product.
Bronze bust at Friends meeting house, Bournville. George Cadbury (19 September 1839 – 24 October 1922) was an English Quaker businessman and social reformer who expanded his father's Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company in Britain.
Elizabeth Cadbury succeeded her husband as chair of the Bournville Village Trust in 1922. [1] In 1861, George Cadbury and his brother Richard, took over their father's small business, Cadbury, then based in central Birmingham. The business expanded into the manufacture of pure cocoa and then chocolate bars and filled chocolates.
Selly Manor in Bournville, Birmingham. The condition of Smythes Tenement continued to decline and by 1853 it had been split into three cottages to be leased, and was known as The Rookery. The census records show that by 1861, ten members of the Davis family lived in the smallest end cottage, the middle cottage was occupied by four members of ...