Here are some snippets about J.S. Fry & Sons, which may be of interest to anyone whose ancestors worked in Fry's chocolate factory in Bristol in the late 19th century. The River Frome ran under the factory and supplied the water for raising steam. The engines and boilers apparently made a splendid sight and there was a huge old beam engine plus other more modern motors. The firm looked after its workers with a night school for boys once a week and the same for girls. These classes were held in the large lecture room. In the same room, every morning at 9 a.m., a senior member of the firm read a chapter of the Bible. I have been told that my grandmother remembered attending these assemblies. The heads of the house were Joseph Storrs Fry and Francis James Fry, M.P. They were assisted in the work of managing the firm by younger members of the family. J.S. Fry and Sons were not associated just with Bristol. In the late 19th century, the firm had offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff. It also had important branch warehouses and offices at Liverpool, London and Sydney in Australia. Josephine -- www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com