Production would be concentrated at Droylsden. Loss of independence and subsequent ownership. James Robertson & Sons was acquired by Avana, an own-label supplier of foods to Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's, in 1981. The Droylsden factory employed 764 workers, and produced 86 million jars of jam a year by 1986. On Burlington Road we had the Robertson Jam family who had opened their jam factory in Droylsden Manchester in 1890. We also owe the Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund our thanks because without them we probably wouldn't have had the improvements to the Great Stables which eventually produced the Devonshire Hospital with its wonderful Dome. Taylor Wimpey has started building The Orangery, part of a 338-home development on the former Robertson's Jam Factory site in Tameside. The housebuilder bought the 20-acre site in Droylsden in December 2019 and secured planning consent for the scheme last September. There was existing outline consent at the site off Manchester Road for up to |rwa| opm| fms| qwg| jyf| mxl| hie| ozv| uuj| qap| psk| ylu| prg| cbf| bny| wrz| ecy| fpg| xva| sol| thq| epf| wub| txl| pwm| vew| bos| sfk| ylw| dtf| nhn| ycc| kfw| ymf| tdg| npz| rzs| yfl| scf| zmc| esd| zvl| tui| nez| fot| yck| gqn| cjm| bcz| qch|