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Chivers Jellies

Chivers Fruit Preserving factory

History of the Fruit Preserving Factory

Chivers started making jam during a glut year in 1873.

Chivers original jam making barn circa 1873 (MoC182/71)

The first jam production took place in this barn in 1873 under the supervision of a Pembroke College cook.

Histon Fruit Preserving Factory 1886 OS map

Histon, strawberry pickers, 1890s (Cambridgeshire Collection)

Histon Fruit Preserving Factory 1901 OS map

See: https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/2018/07/for-jams-and-jellies-choose-chivers/

Chivers’ factory in 1889.

This four storey factory was erected in 1875.

Chivers factory new chimney, c1889 (MoC18/29)

Picking raspberries near Histon in 1894 (MoC368A/75)

Filling jam jars at Chivers in 1894 (MoC300/71)

Tying Down department at Chivers’ factory, 1894

Parchment covers were tied onto the jam jars and then hand labelled.

Salesmen of Chivers, 1894.

Gerald Dawbarn was the leading salesman. He would sit in his hansom cab and expect buyers to come out of their shops to hand him their orders.

Filling jars with jam at Chiver’s factory in 1895 (MoC300/71)

Fruit pickers arriving at strawberry fields near Histon c.1910 (MoC365/75)

Chivers workers picking blackcurrants (1910s) (MoC)

Chivers factory Histon, 1911 (MoC189/71)

 

Chivers Histon cast iron load bearing roof gutter, 1895 (MoC302/71)

Chivers steam lorry 1902

The steam lorry was bought from Elvedon, Norfolk, in 1902. it had a Thorneycroft engine using paraffin as fuel. It was used at Histon for three years.

Chivers fire engine and crew, 1912 (MoC)

Chivers and Sons Ltd horses (MoC)

Jam factory, Histon (1914) (MoC)

Chivers Lemonade (RGL2024)

1924

Chivers invoice 1924

Chivers Olde English Marmelade (MoC)

See: http://letslookagain.com/tag/history-of-chivers/

Chivers Histon

Chivers, Histon

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