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Also known as Fred Needler
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 [[Harry Vincent|Blue Bird Confectionery]] business, closing Needlers factory and virtually abandoned the Blue Bird name.<ref>The Times Apr. 12, 1993</ref>
 
 


1985 Acquired by [[Hillsdown Holdings]] as a first step to building a confectionery business.
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Exhibit at the Hull Street Life Museum.
Advertising sign.

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December 1953.

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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.[1]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Apr. 12, 1993
  • [1] Lets Look Again