By: Paul Fellowes

Paul Fellowes — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:27:02 +0000

My father, Ernest Fellowes, moved up to Smethwick from Dagenham just before Lyons bought the Scribans Kemp site at Garret’s Green Smethwick. He was a site manager and loathed the take over by Lyons because he was not able to stay in touch on the shop floor, where he loved to be. Instead he was embedded in reams of computer papers and it broke his heart. When Lyons decided to close the Smethwick site my father, because he was just coming up to retirement, had the job of closing down the whole site in readiness for the bulldozers to arrive. I visited the site on the weekend before the bulldozers arrived, what a very sad place. I still have a canteen of cutlery that was used in the directors canteen of SK. Their Christmas Dundee cakes were a delight as well as the Kunzle cakes. Did you work at the Smethwick site in the late 70′s? if so make and you have a tale to tell please contact with your story.
Kindest regards
Paul Fellowes
paul.fellowes@lineone.net
PS: Sorry I’m late finding this site.

By: kathryn jacobi

kathryn jacobi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:52:51 +0000

My Mum’s biggest craving when pregnant with me! Kunzle cakes made a welcome return to Waitrose in the 90′s, then what happened?

By: Steve Curtis

Steve Curtis — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:24:48 +0000

I LOVED THESE CAKES, MY MUM USED TO BUY THEM WHEN WE LIVED IN HARROW DURING THE LATE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES I’VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THEY STOPPED PRODUCING THEM.I REMEMBER LYONS MADE THEM. LOVE TO SEE THEM BACK ON THE SUPERMARKET SHELVES. STEVE.

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