Tyne Brand Products
of The Shields Preserving Works, North Shields
1906 Advert. Shields Preserving Works, Brewery Bank, Fish Quay, North Shields.[1]
1919 Mention of G. E. Wilson, managing director. Mentions being in business for 18 years.[2]
1920 Wall on the Walker Place side of the works collapses.[3]
1920 Advert. The Shields Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd, Shields Preserving Works, Fish Quay.[4]
1923 'Shields Preserving Works was the first fish canning firm in this country to use sealing machinery.' Some details of the process given.[5]
1925 Description of the works. See Visits to Works
1927 Mention of George Wilson of the Shields Preserving Works.[6]
1943 Tyne Brand Products Ltd. North Shields[7]
1967 Tyne Brand Products was a company engaged in canning food for both human and animal consumption for £4.36m. Tyne Brand's pet foods were confined to 'own label' products which were manufactured at a cannery at North Shields. [8]
1967 Acquired by Spillers. Management of this business was transferred to Spillers' Grocery Division.[9]
1983 One of a number of companies wound up at the same time:[10]
L. F. Meade (Imported) Ltd
Grain & Seed Holdings Ltd
K & K (International Trading) Ltd
Kingsley and Keith Plastics Ltd
Meade-Lonsdale (Ipswich) Ltd
Newman and Clark Ltd
Pilgrim Feeds Ltd
St. Aubin Brand Ltd
Tyne Brand Products Ltd
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Shields Daily News - Wednesday 08 August 1906
- ↑ Shields Daily News - Thursday 18 December 1919
- ↑ Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 31 May 1920
- ↑ Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 24 November 1920
- ↑ Shields Daily News - Wednesday 06 June 1923
- ↑ Shields Daily News - Friday 30 December 1927
- ↑ The London Gazette 25 May 1943
- ↑ Newcastle Journal - 07 July 1967
- ↑ Newcastle Journal - 07 July 1967
- ↑ London Gazette 11May 1983