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Bryant & May was a British match manufacturer, which today only exists as a brand name owned by Swedish Match. The company was formed in the mid-19th century as a dry goods trader, with its first match works, the Bryant & May Factory, located in Bow, London. It later opened other factories in the United Kingdom, Australia, and other parts of the world. it is difficult not to feel considerable doubt as to the wisdom of the proposed tax on matches... [which] will be felt by all classes to whom matches have become a necessity of life.... this tax which is intended should press on all equally will in fact only be severely felt by the poor which would be very wrong and most impolitic at the present moment. [24] The box appears to be free from damage and clean apart from three small patches of corrosion on the striker It will burn for 40 minutes so is ideal for starting open fires The top has a 3 In 1885 - factories in Stratford, Manchester, York and Glasgow. [ clarify] [18] Swan Vesta matches, originally a brand of the Diamond Match Company Diamond Match The firm was formed in 1843 by Quakers William Bryant and Francis May and survived as an independent concern for over seventy years before undergoing a series of mergers with other matchmakers and later consumer products companies.

Bryant & May was involved in three of the most divisive industrial episodes of the nineteenth century: the sweating of domestic out-workers, the wage "fines" that led to the London matchgirls strike of 1888 and the scandal of " phossy jaw". BRYANT AND MAY FACTORY, MAIN BUILDING". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England . Retrieved 27 February 2021. The former Australian match factory in Melbourne closed in the mid-1980s. This was converted into offices in 1989. [33] Vitafruit was a confectionery manufactured by the Bryant & May group in 1988. There were three varieties including tropical fruit flavour (Vitafruit), mint (Vitamint) and a throat soother (Vitasooth).

Bryant and May was involved in three of the most divisive industrial episodes of the nineteenth century, the sweating of domestic out-workers, the wage "fines" that led to the London matchgirls strike of 1888 and the scandal of " phossy jaw". The strike won important improvements in working conditions and pay for the mostly female workforce working with the dangerous white phosphorus. [18] In 1913 Bryant & May took over the Gloucester match maker S.J. Moreland and Sons, who made and sold matches under the trade name England's Glory.

Fifth Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Sweating System (Report). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1890. OCLC 976630092. Clark, Gregory (2019). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 28 January 2019. striker with a regular grid of small holes punched from inside the box to give a rough surface Take to picnics parties camping trips or simply use in your own garden Made from forest friendly coconut shells to preserve the environment this also comes complete with a stand for ease of use UK produced Smokelss fuel Made from 50% renewable Material produces 40% less CO2 and 80% less smoke than traditional House Coal Give outstanding performance Burns 38% hotter than Traditional House Coal HETAS Approved

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The company rebuilt their Bow factory in 1909-1910, with many modern innovations including two tall towers housing water storage tanks for a sprinkler system. [26] By 1911, it employed more than 2,000 female workers, the largest factory in London. [27] Sale to, acquisition of, and mergers with other match makers [ edit ] Notes Granted 4 January 1988 Crest Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Gules upon water barry wavy Azure and Argent an ark Gules and rising behind the same a sun in splendour Gold. [34] Escutcheon Gules semy of flames an Inescutcheon Or thereon four flames also Gules. Supporters On the dexter side a lion guardant Or incensed Proper and over the sinister shoulder a wreath of laver baldricwise also Proper and on the sinister side a swan its wings elevated and addorsed Proper the underside thereof semy of anchors Azure. Compartment A grassy mount with poplar stumps and saplings thereon all Proper. Motto Fiat Lux In 1973 the British Match Corporation merged with Wilkinson Sword to form the new company Wilkinson Match.

On the same day as the meeting in Victoria Park, Queen Victoria wrote to the prime minister, William Gladstone, to protest about the tax: In the 1980s, factories in Gloucester and Glasgow closed, leaving Liverpool with the last B & M match factory in the UK. It shuttered in December 1994, [32] and was renovated into today’s 'the Matchworks' (grade 2 listed building) and the Matchbox. When Swedish Match acquired Bryant & May the confectionery arm of the business was sold and eventually the new owners stopped production of Vitafruit. per cent of its share capital to the (American) Diamond Match Company in return for the assets and goodwill of the British Diamond Match Company. [ citation needed] S. J. Moreland and SonsBryant and May Match Factory, Bow, Greater London". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England . Retrieved 27 February 2021. The match boxes were made through domestic outwork under a sweating system, [b] which left workers uncovered by the Factory Acts. Such workers received 2 1⁄ 4to 2 1⁄ 2d per gross of boxes. The workers had to provide glue and string from their own funds. [16] [17] The day following the march, Lowe announced in the House of Commons that the proposed tax was being withdrawn. [25] Wilkinson Match's shares were acquired by US company Allegheny International from 1978 with Allegheny taking full ownership in 1980. In 1987 Allegheny filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Swedish Match re-acquired the company. In 1990 Swedish Match sold the Wilkinson Sword business, retaining the match business. [30] Closure [ edit ]