Fowler Ltd. or Fowler Limited was a sugar refining company headquartered in Blackwall, London, England.
Early history
editFowler Bros & Co. was founded by Alexander and James Fowler of Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1871.[1] The merchants turned up in Hornsey in the early 1880s.[2] They started out making liquid invert sugars for breweries in London.[3]
In 1881, the Fowler's established a small cane-sugar refinery based at Bow Creek on the banks of the River Lea in Blackwall.[4] The treacle and syrup refiners Fowler Bros. & Ogilvie were listed in a trade journal as of 1883 as being at Orchard Place, Blackwall, 24 Mark Lane.[5]
In 1902, Alexander Fowler formed Fowler Ltd. Around this time, a second refinery was built at No. 31 Orchard Place, a newly acquired, larger dock on the other side of the street, quickly replacing the earlier facility.[6] Fowlers remained at the location until the 1970s.
In the 1950s, the company published recipe booklets with advice on the best uses for their products.[7]
In 1976, Fowler Ltd. was bought out by Manbré and Garton, another sugar refining business. Tate & Lyle took over production of both Fowlers and Mabré and Garton in 1977.[8]
Products
edit- Fowler's West India Treacle
- Fowler's Pure Cane Golden Syrup
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hugill, A. (1978). Sugar and All that: A History of Tate & Lyle. United Kingdom: Gentry Books.
- ^ "Sugar Refiners & Sugarbakers Database". mawer.clara.net. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ Lewis, F. (1976). Essex and sugar: historic and other connections. London: Phillimore.
- ^ O'Connell, S. (2012). Sugar: The Grass that Changed the World. United Kingdom: Ebury Publishing.
- ^ Store: A Trade Journal for Co-operative Societies. (1883). United Kingdom: (n.p.).
- ^ ”Leamouth Road and Orchard Place: Individual wharves and sites.” Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. Ed. Hermione Hobhouse. London: London County Council, 1994. 655-685. British History Online. Web. 23 August 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp655-685.
- ^ Fowler’s West India Treacle and Pure Cane Golden Syrup : Recipes for the Home. London: Fowler Ltd., 2013. Print.
- ^ Daily Mirror. (January 5, 1983). Danger Cans; Terry Pow; 1983. Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-mirror-danger-cans-terry-pow-198/148498228/