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Bournville 3
1930's

Once again great design and colouring. George Cadbury was the son of tea and coffee dealer John Cadbury. At age 22 in 1861, George and his brother Richard took over his father's small business,which was based in Birmingham City Centre. The two brothers business expanded into the manufacture of pure cocoa for drinking and then chocolate bars in 1897 with Dairy Milk still being produced today. Cadbury was a Quaker and social reformer and wanted to provide decent quality homes in a healthy environment, which industrial workers could afford. In order to expand their factory the brothers built a new one four miles outside Birmingham, at Bournville. The Bournville village was planned as a garden village, with lots of open spaces and evening education for all. Bournville housing was never 'tied' to the Works and only half the inhabitants had a link with Cadury's chocolate factory. The Bournville School of Art would have been established to improve workers' lives. The campus is now part of Birmingham Institute of Art.


Cataloguing

screen printed cotton with a repeat design in strawberry and black on a pale blue ground, 5ft 6 in x 35 in or 1.67 x 89 cm selvedge to selvedge


Condition

Excellent. Unused.