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Description: | Prior to the Second World War Huntley & Palmers had been experiencing a labour shortage, in particular the recruitment of women for packing at the Reading Biscuit Factory. The technological innovations that were introduced to the factory in the early 1950s led to a massive increase in output that only exacerbated the labour shortage. The Board recognised that a new factory was needed in the north of England and the search for a site started in 1953. They also ordered two new auto plants that could be located at the new site. Huyton was chosen because of its pleasant, greenfield location, free from smoke and dirt and because the new large housing estates could supply the required labour. Construction started in November 1953 and by April 1955 biscuit production began of Shortcake, Nice and Reading Shortbread on the auto plants. Huyton maintained the Reading tradition of encouraging members of the same family to work at the factory. | 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: | commemoratives Earl of Derby social history trade events | Temporal: | start=1955-12-12; end=1955-12-12; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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