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O. P. Chocolate Specialities (Manufacturers)

From Graces Guide
1951. Viennese Desert.

of Merthyr Tydfil

'Messrs O. P. Chocolate Specialities (MFS) Ltd., commenced manufacturing chocolates at the Treforest Trading Estate. Glam., during the early part of 1939. The founder, the late Mr. Oscar Peschek, together with a handful of technicians, had managed to escape from the Nazi purge a few months before, after having been forcibly ejected from their famous Pischinger factory in Vienna. where for many years some of Europe's most famous specialities had been successfully manufactured.'[1]

Established by Oscar Peschek (d.1948), an Austrian baker and confectioner.

1946 Oscar Peschek became a naturalised UK citizen.[2]

After relocating twice from the original Cardiff site, O.P. Chocolate settled at its present location in Dowlais in 1963.

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Sources of Information

  1. Pontypridd Observer - Saturday 14 January 1950
  2. Western Mail - Wednesday 31 July 1946