Henry Thorne & Co. Ltd., Leeds, England

What Next?

Can you help me? AND CAN I HELP YOU?

If you know anything about Thorne’s please get in touch. Even the smallest memory can be very useful in piecing together the story.

In particular, I would love to hear from people with relatives that worked for Thorne’s. Maybe you have family photos that show people at work or mementos of their time at Thorne’s? 

If you are a Thorne with links to Leeds, Great Dunmow or Guernsey – or from the Linsley family of Leeds and Rawdon – please let me know and I can share the Thorne & Linsley family tree with you (via Ancestry).

Information on Woodhead’s grocery business, based in Chesterfield, is equally welcome.

If you are a fellow collector and you have some unusual Thorne’s items I would love to learn about them. Maybe I can provide information on the history of the item.

As I said at the beginning, I cannot value items, but I can help you date them and maybe I know something of their history.

More obsessed with Thorne’s than I am? Look at the size of that toffee!
I could guess who this family are but I don’t yet know for certain. And is that dog Spot?1
Early 1920s toffee pail. Perfect for a day on the beach.2

WHO AM I AND HOW DO YOU CONTACT ME?

I’m Andrew Littlewood. Please contact me by messaging Spot here.

The Lady Lane factory on a 1903 invoice for supplying chicory.3
Pear’s Annual, 1900.4 Note: ‘Established 1832’!
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