I agree it is a real sad day. The US is just buying and asset stripping this country I could never imagine Germany selling Mercedes or America selling any of their big companies It must stop before we have and make nothing John S Sermon On 24/01/2010 11:42, "jjupar@aol.com" <jjupar@aol.com> wrote: > Hi > > What a sad day to see Cadbury sold off. The Cadbury's, who were a > Quaker Family, were good friends of the Elkington's in the 1850's. My > great > uncle George Richards Elkington, was. like the Cadbury family, of humble > beginnings. > > John Cadbury started his business in 1824 in Bull Street, Birmingham > selling Cocoa and Drinking Chocolate. George Richards Elkington was born in > 1801 > in St. Paul's Square, the son of a gilt toy and spectacle maker from > Birmingham and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to his mother's brothers > Josiah > and George Richards. > Both Cadbury and Elkington rose up through the ranks being astute business > men, Cadbury in Chocolate and GRE in Silver Plating. Some of their > children lived next door to the Cadbury's in Frederick Street. > > When two of the Cadbury sons, George and Richard, built a new factory in > the suburbs of Birmingham it was only a short distance from GRE's house, > 'Woodbrooke' at Selly Oak. The Cadbury's finally built their lovely > Bourneville Village as well around their factory. > > However, GRE could no longer stand the smell of Chocolate and finally moved > away selling his house to George Cadbury. Cadbury kept the house and > finally it became a Quaker Centre which is still there today. > > You can read about George Richards Elkington on this site shown below and > see a picture of the beautiful > Woodbrooke Hall. > > Regards, > > Judy Elkington > > > _http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/greelkington.htm > > > > _ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/greelkington.htm) > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don't feel bad. China and Japan and many other countries are taking or I should say, have taken away most of our large industries. Cecelia Setty On Jan 24, 2010, at 8:41 AM, John Sermon wrote: > I agree it is a real sad day. The US is just buying and asset > stripping this > country > > I could never imagine Germany selling Mercedes or America selling > any of > their big companies > > It must stop before we have and make nothing > > John S Sermon > > > On 24/01/2010 11:42, "jjupar@aol.com" <jjupar@aol.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> What a sad day to see Cadbury sold off. The Cadbury's, who were a >> Quaker Family, were good friends of the Elkington's in the >> 1850's. My >> great >> uncle George Richards Elkington, was. like the Cadbury family, of >> humble >> beginnings. >> >> John Cadbury started his business in 1824 in Bull Street, Birmingham >> selling Cocoa and Drinking Chocolate. George Richards Elkington was >> born in >> 1801 >> in St. Paul's Square, the son of a gilt toy and spectacle maker from >> Birmingham and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to his mother's >> brothers >> Josiah >> and George Richards. >> Both Cadbury and Elkington rose up through the ranks being astute >> business >> men, Cadbury in Chocolate and GRE in Silver Plating. Some of their >> children lived next door to the Cadbury's in Frederick Street. >> >> When two of the Cadbury sons, George and Richard, built a new >> factory in >> the suburbs of Birmingham it was only a short distance from GRE's >> house, >> 'Woodbrooke' at Selly Oak. The Cadbury's finally built their >> lovely >> Bourneville Village as well around their factory. >> >> However, GRE could no longer stand the smell of Chocolate and >> finally moved >> away selling his house to George Cadbury. Cadbury kept the house >> and >> finally it became a Quaker Centre which is still there today. >> >> You can read about George Richards Elkington on this site shown >> below and >> see a picture of the beautiful >> Woodbrooke Hall. >> >> Regards, >> >> Judy Elkington >> >> >> _http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/greelkington.htm >> >> >> >> _ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/greelkington.htm) >> _____________________________________________ >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > www.elkingtonfamily.com > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ELKINGTON > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ELKINGTON-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message