Norwich Chocolate

Colman’s Food Research Department (1975-1978) and family memories of Caley’s

Michael’s mother worked for Caley’s in the 1960s and he remembers her bringing home the reject chocolates for the family. When he left school, Michael

Memories of Mackintoshes (1951-1961)

Margaret was Margaret Howlett when she started at Mackintoshes in 1951 after working in Howlett and White’s shoe factory office. She stayed at Mackintoshes until

From bottling beer to international fencing champion – the first lady Freeman of Norwich (1941-2012)

From an early age, Connie had a succession of jobs, often juggling more than one at a time to make ends meet but it was

Short and sweets! (1970-1972)

Susan recalls working on iconic confectionery at Rowntree Mackintosh in Norwich while the smell of chocolate permeated the city. Starting on the Weekend belt I

Entertainer and all round worker (1942-2013)

Dot married young during the war and had five children. She worked in many well-known Norwich companies, including shoe firms, Caley’s, Mackintoshes and Sainsbury’s, the

A head for figures (1967-2010)

Margaret talks about her working life from her first steps in accounts at John Mackintosh to the challenges she faced juggling the demands of childcare,

A member of today’s Mile Cross community (1945-2010)

Betty remembers growing up in Sprowston, pinching apples, decorating chocolates, and frying fish, and talks about living in Mile Cross today. Childhood in Sprowston I

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