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Title: Advertising sheet, about 1901 [Go to resource]
Description: During the nineteenth century Huntley & Palmers cakes were made to order and were a subordinate activity of the firm. Unfortunately, the very rich could afford to buy cakes from confectioners, while the poor could not afford them at all! During the First World War the cake department was closed down and, because of poor quality butter and fats, did not reopen until October 1920. In 1920-21 only 165 tons of cakes were produced (out of total production of 12,773 tons), whereas in 1903-04 cake production had been 904 tons. Throughout the 1920s cake production averaged out at only 167 tons. The situation only improved when the firm introduced the New Era slab cake in 1931. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Publisher: Huntley & Palmers Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: social history
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