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)