Dear John,
I was born in E13 in 1947 and was brought up there and in E16. I have moved around a bit and for the last 22 years have lived near Fakenham in Norfolk.
I work with Jim Benton, who was born in 1961 in the Derby area and has lived most of his life in Norfolk. He has told me that his great grandfather has a company called J Benton & Co in the Commercial Road in the early 1900’s.
Today he has given me a photocopy of a picture that his father (81) has on his living room wall. It looks like the heading to an Invoice, and has a drawing of a large building with the name “J Benton & Co” on the wall and “Universal Ship Biscuit Works” at the top of the building. Their business is “Patent Steam Biscuit Manufacturers”. Not sure if these biscuits were for human or animal consumption as the invoice header also says “Any article on this invoice sold for use as food for poultry is prepared from more than one substance or seed.”
I’ve looked on the internet and can’t find any information. Can you shed any light on this please?
I would be very grateful for any help you can give.
Kind regards.