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Hall Brothers (Whitefield)

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of The State Confectionery Works, Whitefield, Manchester

1893 Business founded by the Hall Brothers as jam manufacturers

Soon afterwards introduced boiled sugar confectionery.

1912 Public company incorporated

1924 Ended jam production. Concentrated on sweets, caramels and "Hall's Mentho-lyptus Tablets".

Post-WWII : extended the factory and new production equipment was introduced

1953 Public issue of shares[1]

1970 Received Queen's Award for Industry[2]

By 1982 was a subsidiary of William R. Warner and Co

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Dec. 7, 1953
  2. The Times Apr. 21, 1970