The Junior School and Carillon, Bournville 1949
Bournville Station and Mary Vale Road with Cadbury's Factory in the background, 1920.
Bournville Village Green in 1910, at an early stage before the building of the Rest House or Day Continuation School.
The Village Green and the Rest House 1960. Bedford Tyler's 'country town style' row of shops at the rear.
Shops on Bournville Green in 1949 looking along Sycamore Road towards Linden Road. Characteristics of Bournville are the cottage scale and the symmetrical overall design, making the row look like one large building, with a central gable containing an oriel window.
The Bristol Road footbridge, seen in 1969, soon after opening. Linking Bournville and Weoley Hill, it not only fulfilled its practical purpose, but also forms a striking 'gateway' to Bournville for travelers along the Bristol Road.
Selly Manor, on its original site in Bournbrook Road, Selly Oak 1890. This was prior to its move to Bournville.
Completed key workers' houses at Bournville in 1879. For the first twenty years most Cadbury workers lived elsewhere and walk or cycled to the factory, or traveled by train.
House interior of the early 1900's.
Another house interior 1906.
A Bournville bedroom 1906
Bournville Park 1930. This was formerly part of the land belonging to Bournbrook Farm.
Bournville Works Dining Room 1930's. They were designed by James Miller and completed in 1927. There were originally twelve separate dining rooms serving different categories of employee, changing rooms for 5,000 women workers, youth club rooms, a library, doctor's and dentist surgeries, and a concert hall seating 1,050, More than mere dining rooms, they were the center of social life in the factory.
Top left - Packing cocoa essence in 1902, with Miss Griffin, the forewoman on the left
Bottom Left - Wrapping chocolates in 1911
Top Right - The Dispatch Department in 1907, showing direct access from the factory to the railway, packing was in wooden boxes at this time.
Bottom Right - The Analyst's Laboratory at Bournville Works in 1906. An analytical chemist was appointed in 1901, followed by a works doctor in 1902 and dentist in 1905 - all evidence of the Cadburys concern for high standards in health and hygiene.
A fleet of Cadbury vans in 1912. These Thorneycrofts were used throughout the First World War, one being retained after the war and winning prizes in local shows for the best kept old vehicle.
These photos interested me as they were taken during George Cadbury's life time, which means these show his utopia as he wanted it, not where time has changed them. In every picture you can see the simplicity of his design and purpose, through the spacious recreational areas and the modern interior houses. I like the fact that these are evidence of what George Cadbury wanted
Martin Hampson, Bournville and Weoley Castle,2001
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