Our Dixie, as we like to remember him, passed away on 24 July at the age of 86. He was given a fond farewell at his funeral on 9 August, where many were gathered from his family, neighbours and those associated with him during his working life.He was born in Cambridge and grew up [...]
I wrote this poem (OK, vaguely rhyming doggerel) originally in response to a choir who had been featured on the BBC doing a song called ‘pointless packaging’ – as if they knew what was pointless. I then used it as part of an after dinner speech I gave to the East Midlands Packaging Society. Now, [...]
Excellent visit last night to Crown Speciality Packaging’s beautiful factory in Mansfield, where they make a lot of the special metal packaging such as Quality Street and Cadbury’s Roses tins. Many thanks to our host, Crown’s sales manager Simon Birch.
What we learned: The company started out 200 years ago making mustard, then found that there [...]
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