Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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1974 Won Queen's Award for Industry<ref>The Times, Apr 22, 1974</ref>
1974 Won Queen's Award for Industry<ref>The Times, Apr 22, 1974</ref>


By 1982 was partly owned by [[Beatrice Foods]] when it acquired [[Callard and Bowser Nuttall|Callard and Bowser, Nuttall]]<ref>The Times Mar 16, 1982</ref>
By 1982 was partly owned by [[Beatrice Foods]] when it acquired [[Callard and Bowser Nuttall|Callard and Bowser, Nuttall]]<ref>The Times Mar 16, 1982</ref> with which it was combined.


1988 Acquired by [[United Biscuits]] when it bought Beatrice's confectionery businesses.<ref>The Times, August 03, 1988</ref>
1988 Acquired by [[United Biscuits]] when it bought Beatrice's confectionery businesses.<ref>The Times, August 03, 1988</ref>

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of London, maker of boiled sweets by hand

of Waterton, Bridgend, Glamorgan

1780 Business established

Famous for its "travel sweets"

c.1970 moved to Bridgend

1974 Won Queen's Award for Industry[1]

By 1982 was partly owned by Beatrice Foods when it acquired Callard and Bowser, Nuttall[2] with which it was combined.

1988 Acquired by United Biscuits when it bought Beatrice's confectionery businesses.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Apr 22, 1974
  2. The Times Mar 16, 1982
  3. The Times, August 03, 1988