Thomas Fryer
From Graces Guide
1911 'DEATH.— One of the best known men in Nelson, Mr. Thos. Fryer, of 19. Carr-road, died on Sunday night, following an operation at the Victoria Hospital. He was the first chairman of the Nelson Cricket Club, a position he held for 21 years, at the completion of which he was made a life member of the committee. He was formerly a manufacturer. He also established the Victory Gum Works. Deceased was 69 years of age.'[1]
'Thomas Fryer was born in Barrowford in 1841 and in 1864 he opened a sweetshop. By 1871 the census showed him to have employed four men and one boy in his Colne Road shop. Fryer’s reputation for sweet-making grew and after he formed the company, Fryer & Co, the Victory Works were opened in Nelson in 1890.'[2]
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