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 George Cadbury
Cadbury strongly believed that if you look after your employees they will look after your business, so he built his workers houses, he grouped them around cul-de-sac's and gardens to create a community, later he built a hospital, reading rooms and wash houses.
George Cadbury was a highly respected successful businessman that had a lot of influence in the local area, he was a strong supporter of William Gladstone and represented the Liberal Party on both Birmingham Town Council and Worcester County Council.
Cadbury's home was Northfield Manor and he had a new building constructed in the grounds to hold 700 people, every year in the summer months in this building he provided entertainment and food for deprived children from all areas of Birmingham.
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 Bournville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1879, George and Richard Cadbury moved their cocoa and chocolate factory from Bridge Street in central Birmingham to a greenfield site beside Bournbrook Hall, four miles to the south.
Indeed, the Cadburys were particularly concerned with the health of their workforce, incorporating garden areas into Bournville's plans, and encouraging swimming, walking and all forms of outdoor sports.
Bournville Rest House was built to celebrate the Silver Wedding Anniversary of George and Elizabeth Cadbury, and was paid for by the employees of Cadbury Brothers Ltd. The design is by William Alexander Harvey, who was architect of many of the buildings on the estate and is based on a mediaeval butter marker in Dorset.
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 George Cadbury
The Cadbury family were members of the Society of Friends and sent George to the local Quaker school.
Cadbury was a strong supporter of William Gladstone and represented the Liberal Party on both Birmingham Town Council and Worcestershire County Council.
Cadbury opposed Britain's involvement in the First World War and disillusioned with the way the Liberal Government behaved in 1914 switched his financial support to the ant-war Independent Labour Party.
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 Cadbury Schweppes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cadbury Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett), mostly just called Cadbury, NYSE: CSG is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London.
After Cadbury's retirement, his sons, Richard and George, opened a major factory in the purpose-built suburb of Bournville, four miles south of the city.
Cadbury also operates factories in Dublin (Ireland), Dunedin (New Zealand) and Claremont (Tasmania, Australia).
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 John Cadbury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
John Cadbury (1801 - 12 May 1889), was proprietor of a small chocolate business in Birmingham, England,that later became part of Cadbury-Schweppes, one of theworld's largest chocolate producers.
Cadbury was born in Birmingham to a wealth Quaker family that moved to the area fromthe west of England.
Cadbury was influenced in his choice of trade by his temperance beliefs– he felt alcohol was a major cause of poverty and other social ills, and saw cocoa and chocolate as alternatives.
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 Cadbury-Schweppes
After his retirement, his sons Richard and George Cadbury created a major factory and purpose-built suburb called Bournville four miles south of the city.
Cadbury also has factories including those in Dunedin, New Zealand and Claremont in Tasmania.
Cadbury is also the name of a part of the suburb of Claremont, in the city of Glenorchy, part of greater Hobart, in Tasmania, Australia.
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 George Cadbury
Cadbury built 24 houses on the site for the main workers but later another 300 were added to form the attractive Bournville Village.
Cadbury was actively involved in politics and supported William Gladstone and became a Councillor for the Liberal Party on Birmingham Town Council and Worcestershire County Council.
Cadbury paid over £60,000 into a pension fund for his employees.He still taught at Sunday School and organised events for local children in his specially constructed theatre in the grounds of his home Northfield Manor.
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 John Cadbury -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cadbury was born in Birmingham to a wealthy (One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear) Quaker family that moved to the area from the west of England.
As a social reformer, he also led a campaign to ban the use of boy chimney-sweeps, and campaigned against animal cruelty, forming the Animals Friend Society, a forerunner of the (additional info and facts about Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Two years later, in 1849, the Cadbury Brothers pulled out of the retail business, leaving it in the hands of their nephew, Richard Cadbury Barrow (Barrow's remained a leading Birmingham store until the (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s).
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 George Cadbury - UK selected websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cadbury was born at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 19 September 1839...
Cadbury died at his home, Manor House, Northfield, on 24 October, 1922 and was cremated at the crematorium, Perry Barr.
Cadbury was aware of the health problems associated with...
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 Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science, Henry Holt & Company, Deborah Cadbury
From Sir Richard Owen, perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of his time, to the poverty-stricken fossilist Mary Anning here is a tale of fortunes won and lost and discoveries celebrated and forgotten, where brilliance walks hand in hand with heartache and madness...
Cadbury paints a very unflattering portrait of the man (Sir Richard eventually) who founded the Natural History Museum, invented "Dinosauria", and was consulted by royalty, prime ministers, and academia on all things fossilized.
Cadbury has carefully pieced together each stage of the journey to discovery of our Dinosaur age, and its influence on later thinkers such as Darwin - as well as deftly writing of the personal troubles of all the main characters in the book.
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 Cadbury Schweppes plc | about us | our heritage | Cadbury
The one-man business opened in 1824 by a young Quaker, John Cadbury, in Bull Street Birmingham, was to be the foundation of Cadbury Limited, one of the world's largest producers of chocolate.
By providing tea, coffee, cocoa and chocolate as an alternative to alcohol, which was believed to be one of the causes of poverty and deprivation amongst working people, he felt that he was helping to alleviate some of the misery.
John Cadbury devotes the rest of his life to civic and social work in Birmingham until his death in 1889.
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 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Ri'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Richard, Duke of York (Prince in the Tower)
Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
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 The history of Cadbury Schweppes in Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands,UK
'Cadbury Brothers of Birmingham' was now operational and the chocolate industry was given a much needed boost in the 1850's when the government reduced the high import taxes on cocoa.
Cadbury's moved on to become a limited company and after the death of Richard Cadbury the sons of the two brothers joined the firm headed by George Cadbury.
Cadbury Schweppes Plc is a leader in confectionery and soft drinks both in the UK and abroad.
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 Ellinghuysen.com - 05/12/05 - Cadbury goes organic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cadbury Schweppes, which acquired a minority five per cent stake in the company in 2002, has confirmed that Green and Black's will be run as a standalone business.
Cadbury trumpets the importance of corporate social responsibility while conceding that ensuring good practice persists all the way down to the cocoa growers is a near-impossible task.
Cadbury’s fortunes took off in the 1850s when the Government reduced the tax on imported cocoa beans, making cocoa and chocolate more affordable.
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 Cadbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Adrian Cadbury (1929- British businessman, member of the Cadbury chocolate dynasty, noted commentator on corporate governance.
Richard Cadbury (1835-1899) - Businessman, Quaker, older brother of George
Cadbury Castle (South Cadbury) - hillfort in Somerset, England, associated with King Arthur, grid reference ST62862512
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 Superbrands
John Cadbury’s sons George and Richard took control of the business in 1861 and, in 1866, introduced a new method for pressing the cocoa butter from cocoa beans to form cocoa essence, which was advertised as ‘Absolutely pure - therefore best’.
The Cadbury purple and gold house colours were introduced at the beginning of the century and are now firmly established as Cadbury’s corporate colours.
Cadbury has established itself as a company of fairness and integrity, which always attempts to operate as a socially responsible business.
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 The Cadburys - Quaker Social Reformers - QuakerInfo.com
For a considerable time, the Cadbury family were prominent both in the life of the city of Birmingham, England, and in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Members of the Cadbury family, particularly George Cadbury and George Cadbury Jr., were actively involved as teachers in the adult school movement to provide education to the working classes.
Cadbury Brothers was the first firm to introduce the Saturday half-day holiday, and also pioneered in closing the factory on bank holidays.
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 Cadbury.co.uk
Richard became a respected citizen in Birmingham; involved in public affairs on the town council; serving on the Boards of the General Hospital, Eye Hospital and the Institutions; and becoming an active promoter of the railways.
This was on the insistence of George Cadbury who didn't want to take mothers away from their children, and who believed there were plenty of lazy husbands who would be content to send their wives out to work instead of working themselves.
Richard Cadbury died at the age of 63.
www.cadbury.co.uk /EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/cadbury_milestones/milestones_summary.htm   (1425 words)

  
 The topic I have chosen to study is the classic 'Cadbury Dairy Milk' chocolate bar.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
John Cadbury's sons Richard and George, who'd joined the company in 1850 and 1856, became the second Cadbury brothers to run the business, when their father retired due to failing health in 1861.
Richard Cadbury died at the age of 63 in 1899; the business then became a private limited company: George Cadbury became Chairman of the new Board and his fellow directors were Barrow and William A. Cadbury (Richards's sons) and two of his own sons, Edward and George Cadbury Jr.
Milk chocolate was first made by Cadbury in 1897by adding milk powder paste to the dark chocolate recipe of cocoa mass, cocoa butter and sugar.
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 Cadbury Schweppes plc | our brands | about our brands | confectionery | Cadbury
Cadbury is a world-renowned name with more than 150 years of chocolate heritage.
The Cadbury name can be seen in all chocolate related categories including confectionery, ice cream, cakes, biscuits, chilled desserts and chocolate based drinks.
In the early 1900s George Cadbury was determined to meet this challenge and, together with the experts from the Bournville factory, started to research new recipes and production methods.
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 John Cadbury Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
John Cadbury (1801–12 May 1889), was proprietor of a small chocolate business in Birmingham, England, that later became part of Cadbury-Schweppes, one of the world's largest chocolate producers.
As a Quaker in the early 19th century, he was not allowed to enter university so could not pursue a profession such as medicine or law.
They had seven children: John (1834–1866), Richard (1835–1899), Maria (1838–1908), George (1839–1922), Joseph (1841–1841), Edward (1843–1866), and Henry (1845–1875).
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 An Inventory of the Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers, 1799-1924   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE Richard Tapper Cadbury was born on October 11, 1853, in Philadelphia, the son of Richard and Lydia Shinn Cadbury.
Cadbury was a teacher, writer, businessman, and art connoisseur; as a child, he was very much influenced by his uncle (his mother's brother), Earl Shinn, Jr., art critic for The Nation.
Richard Tapper Cadbury was married to Helen Nathans on August 28, 1884, and the couple lived in Haverford, PA, where Helen ran a school for small children.
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 Cadbury World - Review - The sweetest place in Brum
As the brothers aged, the business was then taken over by George and Richard Cadbury, Johns sons, who eventually perfected the formula for chocolate, as we know it.
As the demand grew, the premises in Bridge street became too small, and in 1879 George Cadbury took the of step of buying a plot of land in some meadowland near Selly Oak, and naming it Bournville after the Bourn Brook and because it sounded French which was the in thing at the time.
The Cadbury land Button show is also held here every 10 minutes, I would like to say more about this but my toddler escaped while I was putting the buggy in the buggy park and made a swift disappearance.
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 CADBURY chocolates - HERSHEY'S
Founded in the 1800's, Cadbury has long been a part of England's history with ties to the British monarchy.
The first Cadbury shop was established by John Cadbury in Birmingham, England and grew through the hard work and vision of his sons, the Cadbury brothers - Richard and George.
To many consumers, the Easter season and CADBURY CRÈME EGG were introduced by a very famous character - the "Clucking Bunny." Although the campaign, which began in 1993 has ceased airing, the "Clucking Bunny" remains one of the most recognized and beloved confectionery advertising campaigns.
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 Cadbury - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Cadbury Camp - hillfort in Somerset, England associated with King Arthur, grid reference ST45427246 (http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/oscoor_a.htm?ST45427246_region:GB_scale:25000)
Cadbury Castle (South Cadbury) - hillfort in Somerset, England, associated with King Arthur, grid reference ST62862512 (http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/oscoor_a.htm?ST62862512_region:GB_scale:25000)
Cadbury, Devon - Village and Deanary in Devon, England, grid reference SS91080496 (http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/oscoor_a.htm?SS91080496_region:GB_scale:25000)
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 William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
William was the second son of Richard Cadbury, who, with his younger brother George, started the manufacture of chocolate under the Cadbury name.
William Cadbury established the Trust soon after his two years as Lord Mayor of Birmingham from 1919 to 1921, wishing to give more help to the causes in which he was interested.
As time went on, members of his family were brought in as trustees and this practice has continued with representatives of the next two generations becoming trustees in their turn, so that all the present trustees are his direct descendants.
www.wa-cadbury.org.uk   (258 words)

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