Needlers

Exhibit at the Hull Street Life Museum.

Advertising sign.

December 1953.

December 1953.

of Hull.

1886 Fred Needler acquired the failed confectionery business he had been working for

1902 Registered as Fred Needler Ltd

1906 Renamed Needlers Ltd

1932 Fred Needler died; the business was one of the largest in Hull

1938 Developed a method of making clear glace fruit drops which proved to be a great success

1970 Acquired Batger and Co; centralised production at Hull.

1985 Acquired by Hillsdown Holdings as a first step to building a confectionery business; he made chocolate and boiled sweets.

Late 1980s: Hillsdown merged Needlers into the Blue Bird Confectionery business, closing Needlers factory and virtually abandoned the Blue Bird name.

See Also

• 1993 Key British Enterprises
• Batger and Co
• Harry Vincent
• Hillsdown Holdings

Sources of Information

• [1] Lets Look Again