Love Lane Lives
The history of sugar in Liverpool and the effects of the closure of the Tate & Lyle sugar refinery, Love Lane
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Molasses, United Molasses and RUMBULLION!
Viewing MWWs pictures of United Molasses lorries I was reminded of a side to the sugar story that has hardly been touched on in my blogs. When Tates sold the bulk of its historic sugar business to the American Refining Company dominated by the Palm Beach based SUGAR BARONS Alfy and Pepi Fanjul, it also stated that it was looking to sell its remaining sugar business in Vietnam and its molasses unit in Britain by the end of this year. That will completely cut its links with the sugar industry and the famous byproduct which was the basis for the fermentation of RUM!
Posted by Ron Noon in on Monday, October 04th 2010
Pictures of Jim’s special day
After the frustration of trying to scale down the size of that wonderful picture of Jim in front of his FODEN in the early hours of Friday the 10th of September, I went along at 1pm to Jim’s 100th birthday party celebrations at the Queens pub on Queens Drive. What a magical afternoon it turned out to be and the first picture you will see when you CLICK below is of a very dignified and important visitor who went out of her way to join in the party festivities and “rattle her jewels”!
Posted by Ron Noon in on Monday, September 13th 2010
The legendary Jim Smith
When you click onto READ in the blog section you will see a wonderful photograph of a young Jim Smith with his FODEN lorry. But how can this guy be 100 YEARS OF AGE when he looks so young?Let’s face it, Jim is still appearing in films about the boys and girls from the Whitestuff. Whatever my web site designer is doing he’s not giving me REAL TIME because I’m writing this at 20 past 1 on the 10th of September 2010, Jim’s Actual birthday
Posted by Ron Noon in on Thursday, September 09th 2010
Goodbye Mr Noon?
In October 2001 HISTORY TODAY published Ron Noon’s “Goodbye Mr Cube?” essay. It raised many issues about History’s most famous sugar lump and in particular why he was being “prematurely retired”. Less than nine years on there are rumours that the author is himself subject to early and “premature” retirement.
LIVERPOOL ECHO August 3rd 2010
Posted by Ron Noon in on Monday, August 16th 2010
Where is History’s most famous sugar Lump on his 61st birthday?
The world’s oldest brand is Lyle’s Golden Syrup but the dead lion on that famous honeylike tin, surrounded by swarms of bees and the caption “out of the strong came forth sweetness” is from my perspective nowhere near as important as Mr Cube in terms of the history of TATE & LYLE. Unfortunately with the sale of Tate & Lyle’s sugar business on July 1st to the American Refining Company both the leonine symbol and the swashbuckling champion of “free enterprise sugar” are now US citizens! What a way to spend your 61st birthday?
Posted by Ron Noon in on Wednesday, July 28th 2010