Cadbury's Factory
Cadbury Brothers Limited acquired land under the Defence of the Realm Act to build a milk processing factory alongside the wharf to the north of Fretherne bridge. Building work commenced in 1915, and by April 1916 the factory was operational.
Milk from the Berkeley Vale was brought to the factory in a number of different ways - mostly by horse and cart, motor lorry and along the canal, although one person delivered a couple of buckets a day by bicycle!
Once in the factory it was pasteurised and although initially used in chocolate production, by 1917 the government required Cadbury's to produce condensed milk at Frampton, and later cheese. Frampton also supplied Birmingham with pasteurised milk during 1918.
As men were conscripted, women took their places, but Cadbury's kept the servicemen's jobs open in case they were able, or wanted, to return to them after the war.
The Cadbury family's religious ethos meant that the welfare of their employees was of great importance and a number of sports and social clubs were established in the village, many of which are still running today.
Milk from the Berkeley Vale was brought to the factory in a number of different ways - mostly by horse and cart, motor lorry and along the canal, although one person delivered a couple of buckets a day by bicycle!
Once in the factory it was pasteurised and although initially used in chocolate production, by 1917 the government required Cadbury's to produce condensed milk at Frampton, and later cheese. Frampton also supplied Birmingham with pasteurised milk during 1918.
As men were conscripted, women took their places, but Cadbury's kept the servicemen's jobs open in case they were able, or wanted, to return to them after the war.
The Cadbury family's religious ethos meant that the welfare of their employees was of great importance and a number of sports and social clubs were established in the village, many of which are still running today.