Leeds Sweet Manufacturers

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 1:55 pm

As a kid I used to work at Harlow's Mintoes (Yes child labour was still going strong in those days) on the Whitehall Road near the Dragon Bridge (great as a kid- all the sweets you could eat!). This set me thinking about other sweet makers in Leeds.Came across one I've never heard of before called Henry Thorne & Co. Limited of Leeds, England. Products includedThorne's Extra Super Creme Toffee, Circa 1930sAny others?

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 2:25 pm

That tin is great, I have one just like it. Weren't Thorns based behind Vicar Lane between Edward Street Templar Street and Lady Lane?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 2:28 pm

The Thorne factory was an enormous building which occupied much of Edward Street behind the West Yorkshire Bus Station, and appears in part on many transport photos of that era - there was always a delicious and tempting aroma in the area !!

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 2:42 pm

My dad worked for West Yorkshire Road Car Co for 35 years, he was a detailer on the bus station, he would obtain toffees from Thornes, I think they had a shop for their workers and he would come home with bags full, happy days

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 5:24 pm

I remember the nouget factory in Hudson Road, Harehills but I can't remember the manufacturer's name.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 7:17 pm

Came across this some time ago whenresearching something else.Bertie Runtons Easy Roadhttp://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... ifier=7173

FLOJO · Post by **FLOJO** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 7:43 pm

Wasn't Waterhouses sweets on Elland Road? I can remember them making Invalid Toffee don't know why that name but it was something I have never tasted since.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 8:14 pm

My nan (great grandma), sadly no longer with us, worked at a sweet manufacturers - I think it may well have been Waterhouses, but I couldn't be sure.I remember her telling us (her great grand kids) that she was told she could help herself to as many sweets as she liked whilst she was working, which as it turned out was a cunning plan on behalf of her employers. By the end of the first day she'd sampled so many that she was sick of the sight of the sweets and barely touched another one the rest of the time she worked there.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 10:16 pm

My mother had a similar story to that, often i've wondered if it's why she generally couldn;t stand sweet things, not even sugar in her coffee.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 10:23 pm

Waterhouses in 1960http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... SPLAY=FULL