George Payne and Co
of Tower Bridge, London and Waddon, Surrey.
See George Payne
Maker of Payne's Poppets and G. P. Government Tea
1896 Established
1909 George Payne and Co. (Limited), cocoa manufacturers, London and Holland.[1]
1916 Mr. George Payne, managing director of Messrs. George Payne and Co., wholesale tea and coffee dealers and cocoa manufacturers of Queen Elizabeth Street, S.E.[2]
1918 A serious fire occurred last night the premises of Messrs. George Payne and Co., Ltd., tea blenders, Tooley-street, London, destroying some 4,000 chests of tea, valued at several thousands of pounds.[3]
1920s Moved to Croydon
1924 Messrs. George Payne and Co., Chocolate manufacturers, of Waddon. Henry Payne is manager.[4]
1927 Sale. Messrs. George Payne and Co., who are relinquishing Dairy Farming. Beddington Place, Beddington, near Croydon.[5]
1928 'Third annual sports held by the employees of Messrs. George Payne and Co Ltd. tea blenders, and cocoa and chocolate manufacturers, of London and Waddon, at the firm's spacious sports ground adjacent to the factory at Waddon.' Mention of H. H. Payne and F. E. Payne.[6]
1929 The employees of Messrs. George Payne, the tea, cocoa, and chocolate manufacturers, of London and Waddon, held their annual sport meeting on Saturday at their field in Plough-lane, Beddington. Mentions Mrs George Payne and Mrs H. Payne.[7]
1930 The M.D. is Henry Payne. Mention of Eric Payne.[8]
1932 Eight hundred employees of Messrs. George Payne and Co.. Ltd.. chocolate makers, of Waddon. Mentions H. H. Payne.[9]
1940 George Payne and Co., Ltd., chocolate manufacturers, Croydon-road. Beddington.[10]
1954 George Payne and Co., one of the biggest tea firms in the country. Mr. Ronald Payne, managing director.[11]
1958 R. J. Hurson, managing director of George Payne and Co., Ltd.[12]
1998 Acquired by Northern Foods
2001 Company closed Croydon factory
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Western Morning News - Tuesday 02 March 1909
- ↑ Daily Express - Wednesday 12 April 1916
- ↑ Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 24 October 1918
- ↑ Croydon Times - Saturday 19 July 1924
- ↑ Surrey Mirror - Friday 09 September 1927
- ↑ Croydon Times - Wednesday 05 September 1928
- ↑ Croydon Times - Saturday 14 September 1929
- ↑ Croydon Times - Wednesday 10 September 1930
- ↑ Croydon Times - Wednesday 14 September 1932
- ↑ Croydon Times - Saturday 27 April 1940
- ↑ Bradford Observer - Wednesday 15 December 1954
- ↑ Kinematograph Weekly - Thursday 23 October 1958