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Title: Reginald Palmer, about 1950 [Go to resource]
Description: Reginald Palmer (1898-1970) was the son of Howard Palmer. He became a director in 1919 after returning from service in the First World War. In the 1920s Reginald took control of the factory as Production Director. In the 1930s it was Reginald who headed the company's revival in cake production with the development and introduction of the New Era slab cake. He was also instrumental in getting the South Factory rebuilt with automated plant in 1937. During the Second World War Reginald was responsible for maintaining production in the face of wartime economies and for planning post-war reconstruction. He was elected Chairman in 1948 and remained in full-time control of the company until his retirement due to ill-health in 1963. 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 Rights holder: Walter Bird Subjects: Reginald Palmer
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portraitTemporal: start=1946-01-01; end=1960-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Walter Bird Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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