John Horn (Stockport)
John Horn (Stockport) Ltd
1904 Mr John Horn, of Stockport, made a speech about the confectionery crisis, and the damage done to the jam, confectionery, biscuit, and mineral water trades.[1]
1908 Issue of shares in the company, business established by John Horn[2]
1916 John Horn, of Stockport, president of the Confectioners’ Association of the United Kingdom[3]
1919 Formation of a trade protection alliance between confectionery manufacturers included: A. Buchanan, Deans House, Helensburgh, manufacturing confectioner. A. Fry, cocoa and chocolate manufacturer. J. Horn, Heaviley, Stockport, manufacturing confectioner. H. J. Norton, Aldercombe, The Chine, Winch-more-hill, N., manufacturing confectioner ...[4]
1933 Death of John Horn, founder of the firm[5]
1961 "Makers of High-class Sweets for over fifty years - wine gums, mixed fruit jellies, dolly mixture, mint imperials and other attractive lines ..."[6]
1965 Acquired by Squirrel Chocolate and Confectionery