of 29 Shakespeare Street Southport
Makers of Hacks cough pastilles and other confectionery.
1910 "THE TOFFEE PAR EXCELLENCE. - WHITE HUDSON'S SPECIAL IN VALIDE TOFFEE."[1]
1950s Appointed Barkath Stores as their sole agent for Hacks for Malaya and Singapore.
1955 "Hacks the cough sweet that's a treat to eat". Made by White-Hudson of Southport[2]
Mid-1960: Haji Abu Backer obtained manufacturing rights in Malaysia and set up a manufacturing base in Penang.
By 1969 the company was owned by Waller and Hartley of Blackpool; the Southport factory was being modernised[3]
The factory in Southport closed in the early 1970s but the sweets are still made to the same recipe in Malaysia.
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