{"id":3160,"date":"2024-03-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2024-02-13T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T15:13:03","slug":"cadbury-200th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/03\/04\/cadbury-200th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadbury 200th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/bull-st-shop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3169\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On 4 March 1824 John Cadbury opened his first shop selling cocoa, tea and coffee on Bull Street, Birmingham. In 1861 Richard and George Cadbury took over the family business and created the UK\u2019s first totally pure drinking cocoa. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/cadbury-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3170\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 1871 Cadbury was among the first to introduce bank holidays for its workers, something which had previously been reserved for bankers. In 1879 George Cadbury created Bournville, \u2018The Factory in a Garden\u2019, believing workers should be surrounded by pleasant green spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1904 On Robert Falcon Scott\u2019s maiden voyage to the South Pole, he left behind Cadbury\u2019s cocoa essence that later explorers would find.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/cadbury-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3163\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>1914 Cadbury introduced iconic purple into its packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/roses.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3162\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>1938 Cadbury Roses were introduced, named after the favourite flowers of Dorothy Cadbury, a director of the company and renowned botanist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1941 Throughout the Second World War, Cadbury \u2018Angels\u2019 created over 30,000 care packages for front line soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/creme-egg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3164\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>1971 Cadbury introduced the Cr\u00e8me Egg.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/cadbury-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3166\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>1970s The official  Cadbury Hornby dispenser had a vintage decor with a tiled roof and chimney and art deco styling. The original version in the 1970s required a 2p coin. [<em>Readers, I had one of these, if only I&#8217;d kept it! I think my sister may still have hers]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/cadbury-world-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3167\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>1990 Cadbury World opens, welcoming over half a million people every year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2012 Cadbury sponsors the London Olympic Games<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/cadbury-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3168\" width=\"231\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/cadbury-5.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/02\/cadbury-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 85vw, 231px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 4 March 1824 John Cadbury opened his first shop selling cocoa, tea and coffee on Bull Street, Birmingham. In 1861 Richard and George Cadbury took over the family business and created the UK\u2019s first totally pure drinking cocoa. In 1871 Cadbury was among the first to introduce bank holidays for its workers, something which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/03\/04\/cadbury-200th-birthday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cadbury 200th birthday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":3166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anniversaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3172,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions\/3172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}