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Title: Philippine Biscuits, 1938 [Go to resource]
Description: The prominence given on this 1938 tin to the fact that Huntley & Palmers had won prizes long ago in 1878 and 1900 exemplifies the fact that, at this date, the firm had lost something of its old initiative and drive. In the mid-thirties when Neil Gardiner, Alfred Palmer's grandson, suggested they acquire automatic machines he was told "they will not make Huntley & Palmers biscuits; only rubbish turned out by the cheap people". Only in 1937 did they get two auto-plants - providentially so, as it was these two labour saving plants that ensured their survival during World War Two. 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: plant
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inscriptionTemporal: start=1938-01-01; end=1938-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Not known Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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