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Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner

Actress

June 28, 1946

Also Known For : Comedian, TV Actress

Birth Place : Detroit, Michigan, United states of America

Died On : May 20, 1989

Zodiac Sign : Cancer

Chinese Zodiac : Dog

Birth Element : Fire


Gilda Radner Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

George Cadbury was born in Birmingham, England in 1839. His parents were John and Candia Cadbury.  John Cadbury was a tea and coffee merchant, and Candia was a member of the Temperance Society.

Education

Cadbury’s family belonged to the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers. He was educated at the local Quaker school.

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Rise To Fame

When John Cadbury Sr retired in April 1861, and George and his brother Richard took over the company. The business was not in good financial shape at the time and the brothers set about improving the company.

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Business

By the late 1870s, the business was prospering, and new premises were found on the outskirts of Birmingham. They called the factory Bournville, after a stream that ran through the property.

Socially conscious the company built houses for their workers, and the complex became known as Bournville Village. They also provided social, recreational and sporting facilities as well as health services.

Cadbury’s was taken over by Kraft in 2010 for an eleven billion English pounds.

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Chocolate

John Cadbury had been selling cocoa and drinking chocolate before he his sons took over the business. Then in the 1890s, Cadbury started experimenting with making milk chocolate, and Cadbury’s Dairy Milk was produced in 1897.

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Social Initiatives

George Cadbury was concerned with the working conditions of their staff, and when the company moved their business to the outskirts of Birmingham in 1879 in what was then Worcestershire, he started a social security programme which included good housing, medical and sporting facilities for their staff. He also organized pension plans for Cadbury workers.

Eventually, in 1900, the estate became known as Bournville Village, and a trust was set up to manage it.

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Personal Life

George Cadbury was a pacifist who was against the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and supported the Labour Party in the UK. He was known as a generous philanthropist and was an advocate for workers rights.

He became Chairman of Cadbury’s after his older brother Richard died in 1899 and died at his home, Northfield Manor on the 24 October 1922. Northfield Manor was subject to arson in 2016 and later had to be demolished.


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