The sweet factory in Low Row/Chester Road, by St Mary's school was actually called "Vanity Fair" and the sister factory by the Burn Park in Durham Road was called "Mayfair" I used to live nearby the Mayfair and stood outside waiting for the workmen carrying in the great big slabs of chocolate into the factory , hoping that they would drop one and bits would break off. which happened quite a lot. I would scoop them up and off top school I would go. Sweets were on the ration remember. The factory in Matlock street used to make the Sarsaparilla Tablets which were just the greatest. alas I can not remember the name either but I do remember the Sarsaparilla tablets. John Travers NZ

Hi, sweet factory in Low Row ,I stand corrected . But I was better off than you with regards pieces of miss shaped chocolate ,a cousin of my father`s work at the one in Low Row so when she came to visit always brought a bag full of miss shaped pieces of chocolate But we children who lived in the area ,we would go through the arch in Low Row (the arch is still there )in this tunnel the walls had a slope we would sit there till the women came out on there breaks , nine times out of ten they would have chocolate in a pocket of the overalls and share it round the children Powley`s ,was it not in St Marks Rd on the corner where Aldes is now it was then taken over by a kitchen bathroom sales place ,or is my memory playing tricks in old age Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "radar" <radar@ihug.co.nz> To: <eng-dur-sunderland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Digest, Vol 5, Issue 93 > The sweet factory in Low Row/Chester Road, by St Mary's > school was actually called "Vanity Fair" and the sister > factory by the Burn Park in Durham Road was called "Mayfair" > I used to live nearby the Mayfair and stood outside waiting > for the workmen carrying in the great big slabs of chocolate > into the factory , hoping that they would drop one and bits > would break off. which happened quite a lot. I would scoop > them up and off top school I would go. Sweets were on the > ration remember. The factory in Matlock street used to make > the Sarsaparilla Tablets which were just the greatest. alas > I can not remember the name either but I do remember the > Sarsaparilla tablets. John Travers NZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3163 - Release Date: 09/27/10 18:56:00

Hi, in a book by Stuart Miller & Billy Bell Sunderland ,in section on Bishopwearmouth a photograph taken before 1935 it says ` the buildings in the foreground ,which included the `` Mayfair toffee factory`` so who is correct `The or Me ` Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "radar" <radar@ihug.co.nz> To: <eng-dur-sunderland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Digest, Vol 5, Issue 93 > The sweet factory in Low Row/Chester Road, by St Mary's > school was actually called "Vanity Fair" and the sister > factory by the Burn Park in Durham Road was called "Mayfair" > I used to live nearby the Mayfair and stood outside waiting > for the workmen carrying in the great big slabs of chocolate > into the factory , hoping that they would drop one and bits > would break off. which happened quite a lot. I would scoop > them up and off top school I would go. Sweets were on the > ration remember. The factory in Matlock street used to make > the Sarsaparilla Tablets which were just the greatest. alas > I can not remember the name either but I do remember the > Sarsaparilla tablets. John Travers NZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3163 - Release Date: 09/27/10 18:56:00