Book celebrating the history of Moreton’s Cadbury’s factory raises £3,600 for St John’s Hospice and Claire House

Dec 14 2011 by Lorna Hughes, Heswall News

A BOOK celebrating the history of Moreton’s Cadbury’s factory raised more than £3,600 for charity.

The total was revealed as hundreds of workers left the site, now Burton’s biscuit factory, for the final time last week.

The book, Moreton Memories: A Pictorial History of Cadbury’s, was created using old photographs from the company magazine, the Moreton Messenger.

It tells the story of the factory during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Former personnel manager Shirley Reynolds, who worked at the factory for 33 years and Carol Williams researched the book.

The proceeds from the project have been donated to St John’s Hospice and Claire House.

Shirley said: “Both Carol and I are absolutely thrilled with the response to the book.

“We’re so pleased that we were able to donate so much money to charity. It’s ending on a very sweet note.”

Work on Cadbury’s started in 1951 after the company anticipated an end to sweet rationing imposed during the war years.

The Pasture Road site later became home to Burton’s Foods, Manor Bakeries and Typhoo Tea.

Fifty-one workers remain at Burton’s to work at a chocolate refinery.