Bristol, Union Street c.1965
Photo ref: B212326
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Photo of Bristol, Union Street c.1965

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It was to this street, in 1793, that Joseph Storrs Fry moved his chocolate-making business. The business was founded by Joseph's father, who had come to Bristol from Wiltshire. Joseph Fry senior had been involved in a number of business ventures and partnerships, but as a Quaker the manufacture of chocolate was especially important to him, as it was a temperance drink.

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Frys former chocolate factory once stood in the Union Street/Pithay area (later moved production to Somerdale Keynsham). J.S. Fry & Sons Ltd merged their financial interests with Cadbury in 1919. The earliest records of J.S. Fry & Sons go back to 1728, when a Bristol apothecary called Walter Churchman started his business. Walter Churchman must have been one of the authorities on chocolate making ...see more