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Inside of Greenbank Factory

There are five themes which can be reached through the Home page.  Each theme conveys an aspect of the Greenbank Chocolate Factory.   They are designed for you to explore and gain an impression of factory life and what it was like to work or live near the factory over the last 100 years.

Tour of the Factory
a journey through the last production lines operating at the Greenbank Factory in 2006
Created by:
Stella Man, Barnaby Menage, Tracie Roberts

What was it like working in a factory?
Producing sweets and luxury chocolate may have seemed mundane in the factory but as you can hear from the sound track there is something special about working in a factory making these products.
Created by:
Stella Man

Living near the factory
 The audio piece and two short text pieces describe life living near the chocolate factory from 1900 – 1960.  The photographs show the community as it looked in 2007 before the development of the factory buildings.
Created by:
Mary Ingoldby (Audio, 5mins), Tracie Roberts (Photographs), Alan Brain and Fred Lindsey (texts, pdfs)

History Section

The Time-Line
describing over 100 years of chocolate manufacture at Greenbank, Bristol.   Scroll and click across this line to gain an insight through the pictures and audio into the development of the business from small family beginnings, growing with the popularity of sweet and chocolate products, taking knocks from wars, depressions, and the rise of material costs, followed by the pressures of being part of a global industry. 
Created by:
John Penny, Barnaby Menage and Stella Man

The History Video
slides and audio describe a short history of the Greenbank Chocolate Factory.
Created by:
John Penny (9mins)

The History Text
60 illustrated pages describing the history of the factory from its early beginnings to its closure in 2006.
Created by:
John Penny (pdf and html)

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