Whitworths
of Victoria Mills, Wellingborough, cereal processors and confectionery manufacturers
of Orchard House, Wellingborough Road, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire
1886 Business founded in 1886
1912 Whitworth Bros., millers, Wellingborough[1]. Manufacturers of wholemeal and standard flours[2]
Unknown date: "He assured us that it was a Mann steam lorry — and even gave us the works number, 1561[3]. He said that Whitworth Brothers of Wellingborough had only the one Mann steam wagon. Mr Thompson explained, with some authority, that the vehicle was built by ..[4]
1951 Whitworth Brothers advertised for staff for their Food Laboratory.[5]
1955 WHITWORTH BROTHERS LTD, Victoria Mills, Wellingborough, - a vacancy at our Irthlingborough factory[6]
1955 Whitworths, of Victoria Mills, Wellingborough[7]
1956 Whitworths Holdings Ltd, Victoria Mills, Wellingborough[8]
1956 "you can buy Whitworth's self-raising flour and Whitworth's washed dried fruits — firm, fleshy fruit washed by Whitworth's unique process - you can pour them straight from the packet into your mixing bowl. With Whitworth's super quality ingredients ..."[9]
1985 The name of W. and M. Pumphrey Ltd was changed to Whitworths Ltd
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Northampton Herald 24 May 1912
- ↑ Northampton Herald 10 March 1911
- ↑ Which suggests it was sometime in the 1920s
- ↑ Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph 19 January 1987
- ↑ Northampton Mercury 30 November 1951
- ↑ Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph 23 July 1955
- ↑ Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph 21 December 1955
- ↑ Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph 07 September 1956
- ↑ Daily Mirror 02 October 1956
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