1894
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First
Bread Bakery Opened
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This
was known as a steam bakery. A
range of bread types were made as
well as a variety of bread rolls.
Loaf sizes were measured in
quarterns (a 4 lb loaf) and half
quarterns. The prices in London
varied between 3d to 6d. Vienna
rolls were a popular
product.
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1924
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British
Empire Exhibition
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Bakeries
supply 260 tons of bread and
cake, every week, for a year.
Seventy lorries were made
available for this
business.
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1930
c.
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Puriti
Wrapped Bread Introduced
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Enclosed
in waxed paper but not
sliced.
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1968
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Long
& short type
baguettes,
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Cut
on top like bloomers
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Wrapped
Slimcea bread
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Hovis
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Four
types of wrapped bread
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Two
types of unwrapped
bloomers
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Two
types of unwrapped farmhouse
bread
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1939
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Cake
Catalogue
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The
following items appear in the
cake catalogue of 1938. Obviously
many of the products were being
produced long before this
date.
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Layer
Cakes
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Light
sponge base covered with fondant
icing and covered in walnuts. Two
centre layers of butter-cream in
four flavours, chocolate,
vanilla, coffee and raspberry. In
cartons at 1/- each.
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Pineapple
Layer Cake
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Light
sponge, centre and top filling.
Price 9d in a carton.
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Coconut
Snow Cake
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Light
sponge, with centre layer of
butter-cream, completely covered
with shredded coconut and
glacé cherry on top. Price
8d in carton.
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Banquet
Cake
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Light
cake with special, unspecified,
ingredients. Price 10p in cartons
but also in 4 lb slabs at 10d per
lb.
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Cherry
Cake
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A
light cake with whole cherries.
Price 1/- each in carton.
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20th
Century Cake
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Special
mixing. Sultanas, currants, and
peel with top encrusted with
almonds. Price 1/- each in
carton.
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Festive
Sultana Cake
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An
oblong economy Christmas cake
containing fruit and wrapped.
Price 1 lb 1/- 2 lb 2/-.
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Special
Fruit Cake
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A
traditional round economy
Christmas cake with generous
assortment of fruits. Price 2/-
each wrapped.
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Sultana
Cake
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A
round cake with selected
sultanas. Price 1/8 each in
carton.
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Princess
Roll
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Rolled
sponge cake with strawberry jam
and vanilla filling. Price 6d
each in sealed cartons.
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French
Cream Roll
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Rolled
sponge cake with fresh cream and
jam filling. Price 6d each in
cartons.
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Swiss
Roll
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Probably
one of Lyons' most famous cakes.
A rolled sponge cake in the
following varieties: chocolate
sponge vanilla filled, plain
sponge chocolate filled, plain
sponge lemon curd filled, plain
sponge greengage filled, plain
sponge raspberry filled, plain
sponge apricot filled, plain
sponge strawberry filled, plain
sponge nut and vanilla filled,
plain sponge cherry and vanilla
filled, plain sponge almond
filled. Prices, large 9d, popular
6d and medium 4d.
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Choc
Rolls
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A
small chocolate sponge with
vanilla filling wrapped in foil
and sold individually or in boxes
of 12. Price 1d each or 1/- for a
box of 12.
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Gateau
Rumba
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Light
sponge divided with a centre
layer and a top covered in pure
flaked coconut. three varieties,
chocolate, raspberry and orange.
Price 6d in carton.
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Junior
Swiss Roll
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A
smaller size Swiss roll. Not
covered in chocolate. Sold in
many varieties. Price 1d each or
box of six for 6d.
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Duchess
Cake
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Fine
textured cake from special mixing
containing coconut. Price 6d each
in carton
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Ginger
Cake
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Fruit
ginger cake with sultanas. Oblong
in box. Price 6d each.
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Orange
Cake
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Light
mix cake flavoured with orange.
Price 6d in carton.
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Koon
Kake
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No
offence is intended in recording
this product. It is listed for
historical completeness. A light
fine texture cake
chocolate-flavoured. Price 6p
each in carton
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Individual
Fruit Pies
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This
is another product for which
Lyons was famous. Small
square-shaped pies with fruit or
fruit puree fillings.
Individually boxed. Made in
several flavours: apple, apricot,
raspberry, rhubarb, gooseberry,
mince, blackberry & apple,
blackcurrant, cherry, orange,
peach, pineapple, mixberry and
lemon curd. Price 2d each.Some
fillings were discontinued and
others were added such as Date,
Raisin and Fruit salad.
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Fruit
Pies & Sixpenny Fruit
Pies
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A
short pastry pie which could be
served hot or cold. Each pie
supplied with tin [sic]
plate ready for heating.
Varieties included: orange,
raspberry, apple, apricot,
gooseberry, pineapple, mince
meat, cherry, peach, pear, plum,
blackcurrant, blackberry &
apple. Came in two sizes priced
at 6d and 1/3d. Pear and plum
only in 1/3d size. Blackcurrant
and blackberry & apple only
in 6d size. In carton.
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Madeira
Cake (and Seed Cake)
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Four
varieties, Scotch, plain, fruit
and coconut. Prices 9d and
1/-.
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Mince
Pies
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Puff
pastry. Price 1d each or in
cartons of six for 6d.
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Xmas
Puddings
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Each
pudding supplied in china basin.
these puddings had a world-wide
reputation for excellence. Six
sizes from four portions to
twenty portions in price range
1/10d to 6/6d. Also available
cloth wrapped without
basin.
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Assorted
Scotch Shortbread
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Packed
in tartan patterned round tin.
Price 1/6d.
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Shortbread
Fingers
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Butter
shortbread packed in oblong
tartan tins. Price 1/-.
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Chocolate
Biscuits (Maison
Lyons)
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Westward
Ho! design tin at 2/3d. Standard
design (Art Deco) tin 2/-
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Kup
Kakes
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Light
round sponge, in crimped paper
surround, topped in a variety of
soft icing: chocolate, lemon,
raspberry and butterscotch. Price
1d each or box of six for
6d.
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Penny
Tartlets
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Assorted
jam tarts at a penny each or box
of six for 6d.
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Nippy
Tartlets
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These
could not have been introduced
before 1925 as Nippy was not
created until 1 January 1925.
These were better quality tarts
than the penny variety. Price
nine for 7d.Later Bakewell tarts
added.
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Coconut
Toasties
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Small
cakes similar to Kup Kakes with
crimped paper cups flavoured with
pure shredded coconut and toasted
to a golden brown. Price 1d each
or carton of six for 6d
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Princess
Sandwich
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One
of Lyons most popular cakes.
Light sponge with layer of
strawberry jam and vanilla
filling in centre. In sealed
cartons at 6d each.
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Petits
Fours
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Marzipan
confections in different shapes
and flavours. Price 1/7d per half
pound carton or 3/- per pound
carton. also available in special
fancy tins ant 3/3d per
tin.
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Victoria
Sponge
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Very
light sponge. Used for trifles or
spread with jam honey or lemon
curd. Price 5d each in
carton.
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Sponge
Cakes
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Light
sponge cakes packed in sealed
cartons of eight for 6d.
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Jam
Sandwich
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Light
sponge cake with four fillings:
raspberry, apricot, strawberry
and greengage. Large size 7d and
medium size 5d. Medium size did
not come in strawberry. All
sealed in cartons.
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Sponge
Sandwich
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Sponge
with following fillings: plain
sponge iced and vanilla filled,
plain sponges raspberry iced and
filled, plain sponge chocolate
ice and filled, plain sponge
coffee iced and filled, chocolate
sponge chocolate iced and vanilla
filled. Price 6d and 9d
each.
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French
Cream Sandwich
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Sponge
cake with jam filled and fresh
cream centre. Price 1/-.
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6d
Cakes
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Small
round cakes with crimped paper
cups in five varieties: fruit,
hostess, cherry, coconut,
sultana.
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Fudge
Gateau
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A
cake in three flavours. Divided
with layer and top covered in
fondant icing. Flavours:
chocolate, raspberry and vanilla.
Price 6p in cartons.
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Madelines
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Light
sponge in conical shape covered
in finely shredded coconut with
glacé cheery on top. Price
1d each or in cartons of six for
6d
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Sno-Queens
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Small
vanilla flavoured sponge cakes in
crimped paper cup topped with
marsh-mallow and a sprinkling of
flaked coconut with glacé
cherry on top.
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Jelly
Queens
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Light
sponge cakes in crimped paper
cups topped with orange-flavoured
jelly. Price 1d each or a carton
of six for 6d.
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Slab
Cherry Cake
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Rich
cake with fine cherries and
selected fruit. Price 1/- per
lb.
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Slab
Genoa Cake
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Rich
fruit cake. Price 1/- per
lb.
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Mother's
Fruit Cake
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A
home made flavour cake with
fruits. Price 1/6d per 2 lb
slab.
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Slab
Dundee Cake
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Rich
cake with selected fruits and
almonds on top. Price 1/6 per
lb.
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Dundee
Cake (Maison Lyons)
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A
high quality cake containing
cherries and fruit and topped
with half almonds. In yellow and
gold tins labelled, Maison Lyons
Dundee Cake.
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Choc
Wafers
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Crisp
wafer biscuit and smooth
chocolate. Each one wrapped in
foil. Price 1d each.
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Wafers
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Wafers
with layered fillings between
wafer. Three varieties:
pineapple, orange and
chocolate.
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Puff
Pastry & Flaky Pastry
Mix
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Price
3d per half pound packet or 7d
per pound packet. Short Pastry
Mix was also available at 3d per
half pound packet.
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Mincemeat
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Containing
candied peel, fruits, spices and
other ingredients. Price 8d and
1/4d depending on size of
jar.
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Pure
Beef Suet
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Supplied
in fine flakes. Entirely free
from rice-flour or any
adulterants. Sold four sizes: 2d
packets, 3d carton, 6d carton and
1/- carton.
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Ready-Mix
Steamed Pudding
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Several
varieties sold: sultana, currant,
ginger, lemon, college and plain.
Chocolate also available in 4d
packets only. Price (excepting
chocolate) 4d and 6d per
packet.
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Sponge
Ready-Mix
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Available
in six flavours: chocolate,
lemon, orange, almond, vanilla
and strawberry.
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Christmas
Cakes
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Chocolate
Covered Walnut Cake. A Christmas
cake made in light mixing with
vanilla cream centre. Top
chocolate covered with sixteen
half walnuts in a piped squared
pattern on chocolate top.
Decorative band around square
sides. Approximately 3 lbs and
priced at 3/-
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Humpty
Dumpty Christmas Cake.
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Dark
mixing, almond paste and sugared
icing. Humpty Dumpty on top
sitting on wall with Christmas
decorations and merry Christmas
motif. Price 3/- each (1
lb).
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Mary
Ba Ba
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Dark
mixing, almond paste and sugared
icing. Bo-Peep with sheep motif
with Christmas decorations and
merry Christmas motif. Price 3/-
each (1 lb).
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Puss
in Boots
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Dundee
mixing, almont paste and sugar
icing. Puss in Boots on top with
rich ornate icing scrolls on top
and sides. Gold band around
circumference. Christmas
decorations and merry Christmas
motif. Price 6/6d each
(3lb).
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Santa's
Treasure House
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Dundee
Mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. sides of cake decorated
like house with decorated roof.
Santa and other Christmas
decorations. Price 10/6d (5
lb).
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Little
Old Lady
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Dundee
mixing, without almond past,
sugar ice. Scroll work on top and
base of cake. Lady with child in
arms on top with Christmas
decorations. Price 5/- (2
lb).
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Homing
Gnome
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. More elaborately decorated
in icing scroll-work. several
decorations on top including
gnome and house. Christmas
decorations. Price 8/6 4
lb)
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Holly
Cottage
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. tiered cake with house and
Christmas decoration. Price 10/6d
(5lb).
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Hobby
Goblin
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. Elaborate scroll-work on
top with Santa and other
Christmas decoration. Price 5/-
(2 lb).
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M'Lady
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste covered and
piped with marzipan. Ornate lady
in dress of several layers and
other decorative motifs. Price
20/- (10 lb)
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Pixie
Pierrot
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. Much scroll-work and large
Pierrot on top with other
Christmas decoration. Sides of
cake decorated. Price 20/- (10
lb).
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Goblin
Grandpa
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Dundee
mixing, almont paste and sugar
icing. Heavily scrolled with old
man and beard on top with
umbrella and other Christmas
decoration.
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Jack
O'Lantern
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Dundee
mix, almond paste and sugar
icing. Red clothed bust of person
with pixie-like hat. Scroll-work
on top with Christmas decoration.
Price 16/3d (8 lb).
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Heeza
Beau
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. elaborately decorated with
figure on top and other Christmas
decoration. Price 12/6d (6
lb).
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Jan
and Gretchen
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing and marzipan piping.
Christmas decorations on top.
Price 6/6d (3lb).
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Santajoy
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Dundee
mixing, almond past and sugar
icing. Christmas crackers around
sides of cake, Santa on top with
Christmas decoration. Price 8/6
(4 lb).
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Pixie
Pipers
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Dundee
mix, almond paste and sugar
icing. Dark pink piping and
scroll-work. Two pixies on top
playing musical instruments.
Price 12/6d (6 lb).
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Christmas
Tryst
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. heavy scroll-work and
Christmas decoration on top.
Price 6/6d (3lb).
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Robin's
Feast
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste and sugar
icing. Square cake with base
green in colour. Robin on top on
log with berries. Price 8/6d (4
lb).
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Cinderella
Cake
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Dark
fruit mixing, almond past and
sugar icing. Fairly plain oblong
cake but with some Christmas
decoration on top. Price 5/- (4
lb).
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Pleasure
Trove
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Dundee
mixing, almond paste with sugar
icing and marzipan piping. Two
figures on top with Christmas
decorations and a green band
around waist of cake. Price 5/-
(2lb).
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Xmas
Slab Cake
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Dark
fruit mixing with almond icing
and decorated with pixies and
Christmas motifs. Price 1/6d per
lb or complete in slabs of
11lbs.
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Birthday
Cakes (Designs)
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Gaiety
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Decorated
with a posy of artificial sweet
peas and maidenhair fern. Dundee
mix almond iced. Price 4/9
(2lb).
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Rosemary
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Decorated
with artificial roses and
maidenhair fern and a scalloped
band of gold beading. Dundee mix
almond iced. Price 4/9 (2
lb).
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Favorita
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decoration
of artificial roses and fern and
a scalloped band of gold beading.
Dundee mix, almond iced. three
sizes 3 lb, 4 lb and 6 lb. Prices
6/3d, 8/3d and 12/6d.
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Princess
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In
the shape of a lady in long
dress. decorated in spray of
artificial white heather and
trailing ribbons. Dundee mix,
almond iced. Price 10/- (4
lb).
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Jeunesse
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Skilfully
ices in a scroll and shell
pattern with a posy of artificial
roses. Dundee mix, almond iced.
In three sizes 3 lb, 4 lb, and 6
lb. Prices 6/3d, 8/3d and
12/6d.
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Joy
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Decorated
in artificial sweet peas,
maidenhair fern and a band of
gold beading. Dundee mix, almond
iced. two sizes 4 lb and 6 lb.
Prices 8/3d and 12/6d.
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Festivity
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Gaily
banded with a ribbon and bedecked
with artificial roses and
maidenhair fern. Dundee mixing,
almond iced. Two sizes 4 lb and 6
lb. Price 8/3d and 12/6d.
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Jollity
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Iced
in bold scrolls and shells with a
bouquet of roses and fern. Dundee
mix, almond iced. Two sizes 4 lb
and 6 lb. Price 8/3d and
12/6d.
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Happy
Days
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Broad
gold band and a cluster of
artificial roses and a fern.
Dundee mix, almond iced. Price
12/6 (6 lb).
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Celebration
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For
larger parties. embellished with
artificial lilies and fern on top
and sweet peas at the base.
Dundee mix, almond iced. Two
sizes 8 lb and 10 lb. Price 16/3d
and 20/-.
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Anniversary
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Generously
iced cake with broad band of
ribbon crowned with bouquet of
artificial sweet peas and fern.
Dundee mix, almond iced. Two
sizes 8 lb and 10 lb. Price 16/3p
and 20/-.
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Horseshoe
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Horseshoe
in shape decorated with
artificial roses and maidenhair
fern. Candles are supplied for
penny extra each. Four sizes, 5
lb, 9 lb, 13 lb and 17 lb. Prices
11/-, 18/3d, 26/- and 35/- plus
candles.
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Figure
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Figure
cakes obtainable in any numeral 0
to 9. Several sizes available but
generally around 6 lb. Prices
about 12/-.
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Christening
Cake (Designs)
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Lullaby
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Scrolled
cake with shells around base.
Artificial leaves and baby plaque
on top. Dundee mix, almond iced.
Two sizes 3 lb and 4 lb. Prices
6/3d and 8/3d.
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Tip
Toe
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Heavily
scrolled and scalloped. Similar
design on top as Lullaby. Dundee
mix, almond iced. Size 6 lb and
12/6d.
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1967
May
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Jersey
slice
|
Puff
pastry rectangle filled with
cream and jam.
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Souflette
Sponges
|
Precise
launch date unknown.
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1967
Jul
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Hostess
Sponge Rolls
|
Replaced
the 1/9d Swiss rolls. coated in
real milk chocolate. Product
& Process Development Manager
Rod McLean. Produced at Cadby
Hall and Wakefield
bakeries.
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1968
Mar
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New
Vienna Bread Roll
Plant
|
New
Vienna bread roll and bun plant
opened. Costing £250,000 it
could produce one million buns
per week. designed by Harry
Hudson and Edward Levine.
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1968
Apr
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Harvest
Pie
|
Launched
nationally in April. The
production line at Cadby Hall
took up all seven floors of 'Y'
Block. Two sizes priced at 3/5d
and 2/6d in a variety of
fillings. Development team
consisted of: Don Winter
(scheduling Engineer), L.es Price
(Product Development
Technologist), Roy Ingledew
(Process Development), W. Holland
(Quality Manager), W. Graham
(Chief Engineer), A. Harris (R
& D), Gerry Lawrence
(National Quality Manager, Keith
Tinkler (Packaging Engineer
Manager), Len Pell (Packaging
Technologist), #
(Bakery Development) and Peter
Brookes (Electrical Engineer
Manager).
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1968
Jun
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New
Vienna bread plant opened at
Eastleigh, Hants.
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1968
Aug
|
Bristol
Bakery Extended
|
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1968
Oct
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Lyons
Bakery Gateau
|
An
oblong moist sponge layered cake
with creamy filling and with a
coffee and chocolate-flavoured
coating. Top decorated with
swirls of substitute cream and
chocolate. Special design box to
protect product. In two flavours
coffee and chocolate. Priced at
2/11d. Lemon Gateau was
introduced in Jan 1969.
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1969
Jan
|
Strawberry
Puffs
|
Retail
at 1/6d for four.
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Fruit
Curd Tarts
|
Replaced
lemon curd tarts and priced at
1/9d.
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1969
|
Trifle
Sponges
|
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Double
Delight
|
A
double layer cake. Available in
chocolate, lemon and strawberry
has three layers of cake and two
of jam and/or butter-cream
filling.
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Princess
Angel Cake
|
A
one layer cake and one layer of
jam or butter-cream
filling.
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1969
Oct
|
Blackcurrant
Puffs
|
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Sponge
Pudding
|
Heat
and serve convenience food. Jam
or syrup topping. Price
1/10d.
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1970
Jun
|
Lyons
Bakery Nines
|
Nine
chocolate covered sponge fingers
with a Jaffa and vanilla
filling.
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1971
Apr
|
Buttercream
Shortcake
|
At
6d it was one of the lowest
priced cakes on the
market.
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1974
Jun
|
Franzipan
Crumble
|
Four
almond/vanilla tarts topped with
almonds. Made at Smethwick
Bakery
|
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1976
Feb
|
Cadby
Hall Bakery Shuts Down
|
At
midnight on 12 February 1976 the
tart line in 'A' block and the
flan line in 'Q1' Block came to a
stop after seventy years of cake
production at Cadby Hall. The
Individual Fruit Pie plant closed
in 1968 and it was estimated that
over 2,000,000,000 were produced
in thirty years. Their place was
taken by the popular Harvest Pie.
Production transferred to Carlton
in south Yorkshire.
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1976
Sep
|
Almond
Cake
|
A
country-styled cake with a
flavour derived from almonds with
a sprinkling of almonds on top.
Price 25p.
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1978
Jan
|
Coconut
Macaroons
|
Made
by the Dutch subsidiary
Hooimeijer. Packed in sixes price
was 32p with offer of 29p.
|
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Blackcurrant
and Apple Slices
|
Joins
Bakewell slices in the slice
range.
|
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1978
Feb
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Orchard
Dessert
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A
five-portion pie with pastry
base, an apple and blackberry
filling and a sponge top
sprinkled with digestive-biscuit
crumbs. priced at 40p but offer
price of 37p.
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Maison
Lyons Gateau
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Price
41p
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