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Barker and Dobson

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November 1927.
December 1927.
February 1928. Daily Meal.
April 1928. Daily Meal.
September 1928. Viking Chocolates.
December 1928.
December 1946.
February 1952. Cameo Chocolates.
February 1954.

of Liverpool

Founded 1834

1845 Barker and Dobson, 75 Paradise street, Liverpool.[1]

1854 Barker and Dobson, Wholesale Confectioners, 75 Paradise street, Liverpool. Importers of French Bonbons, Chocolates etc.[2]

1861 '...Joseph Dobson, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Confectioner, trading and carrying on business under the style or firm of Barker and Dobson...'[3]

1927 Barker and Dobson registered as a company in order to take over H. Scribbans and Co who had been established in 1898.[4]

1952 Acquired by Scribbans-Kemp[5]

1972 S & K Holdings changed its name to Barker and Dobson[6]

1972 Acquired Waller and Hartley


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 18 March 1845
  2. ↑ Northern Daily Times - Tuesday 07 March 1854
  3. ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:27 September 1861 Issue:22551 Page:3885
  4. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition) - Wednesday 04 December 1974
  5. ↑ The Times, Oct 03, 1952
  6. ↑ The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jun 26, 1973
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