Trade Street brushed metal plaque

This brushed metal commemorative plaque records: Trade Street Like a small town, the factory has its own street names. From the early days at Bournville until the late 1970's the area leading to the Alternative Exhibition building (originally called the Pipe Shop) was known as "Trade Street". Above and to your right, each side of the street was lined with trade workshops, including a large printing and box-making department, all busy providing services necessary to maintain the fabric of the factory and production of the Company's products. At one stage over 55 distinct and diverse trades were employed on the site, such as engineers, builders, carpenters, painters, signwriters, electricians, plumbers, pipe fiters, mould makers, pattern makers, machine fitters, sheet metalworkers, platelayers, millwrights, belt makers, saw doctors, printers, case makers and gardeners. Recorded plaque organisation: Cadbury World.

Trade Street was a central thoroughfare within the Bournville factory complex of the Cadbury chocolate company, serving as a hub for over 55 distinct workshops that supported the factory's operations from its early days until the late 1970s. The street and its workshops exemplify the self-sufficiency and comprehensive industrial capabilities of one of Britain’s most renowned confectionery companies during its peak.