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Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 1:55 pm
by Leeds Hippo
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?
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 2:25 pm
by LS1
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?
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 2:28 pm
by BLAKEY
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 !!
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 2:42 pm
by geoffb
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
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 5:24 pm
by Johnny39
I remember the nouget factory in Hudson Road, Harehills but I can't remember the manufacturer's name.
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 7:17 pm
by dogduke
Came across this some time ago whenresearching something else.Bertie Runtons Easy Roadhttp://
www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... ifier=7173
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 7:43 pm
by FLOJO
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.
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 8:14 pm
by raveydavey
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.
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 10:16 pm
by Crazy Jane
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.
Posted: Mon 17 Jan, 2011 10:23 pm
by dogduke