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Jordan, Bill (2 of 8). Food: From Source to Salespoint

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    Jordan, Bill (2 of 8). Food: From Source to Salespoint
  • Subjects: Farming ; Food ; Manufacturers ; Product developers
  • Description: Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- Part 2: Tape 1 Side B. Talks about fathers relation with his grandfather. Home Mills was never modern. Reflects on why father invested in milling business. Mill produces one tonne flour an hour. BJ sent to milling school and advised father to get rid of mill. Mentions Millers Mutual Organisation who tried to buy out fathers mill. Anecdote about letter from Lord Rank asking BJs father to join organisation. Expectation that BJ would join the family business. Anecdote about taking fees to school in cash. Talks about money in the family. Describes mill and house in detail. Explains how current Jordans logo has image of mill. Explains how mill powered. Talks about playing in mill or by river as children. Describes family house attached to mill. Talks about aspects of mill that have altered. Father considered modernising mill but had other interests in garages and animal feed. Explains relation between flour milling and animal feed. Roller mill introduced in 1870s and possible to split wheat and this lead to feed mills being added to many mills. Explains how feed business developed towards nutrition and low cost.- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana
  • Creation Date: 2004
  • Language: English
  • Source: Europeana Collections

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