How Henry Tate really started ON THE LANE

Henry Tate was a successful grocer by the middle of the nineteenth century but by its end he was Britain’s Rockefeller and much of that was due to his time ON THE LANE. What follows below is only a brief couple of quotations but it firms up our categories of ON THE LANE and BEYOND THE LANE

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Posted by Ron Noon in On The Lane on Wednesday, March 04th 2009

The Local/Global dimensions to sugar blogs

This project was inspired ON THE LANE but like the granulated crystals produced in Henry Tate’s mother refinery, stretches way BEYOND THE LANE! The history of LOVE LANE and the wider world of sugar were inextricably linked but we’ve decided that a better “division of labour” in terms of how the “blogs” are produced would be to separate out ON and BEYOND THE LANE stories.

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Posted by Ron Noon in Beyond The Lane on Tuesday, March 03rd 2009

Brave, sage,  John Maclean has passed away. Rest in Peace

I have just heard the sad news that one of my two main sugar mentors, John Maclean died yesterday surrounded by his close family. He was a wonderful man, former City and County Councillor as well as the SCRIBE who penned so many letters and essays about the struggle to keep Love Lane refinery open. He will not be forgotten and his role in the film and in inspiring this project ensures that his legacy will live on.

 
John Maclean is at the far right of the photograph and his friend Albert E Sloane on the far left.

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Posted by Ron Noon in on Friday, February 20th 2009

Liverpool History Society talk on Tate & Lyle Refinery workers, Sunday 22nd February

Ron Noon has been invited by the Liverpool History Society to give a talk this Sunday entitled “Love Lane Lives: A public history of Tate & Lyle’s Liverpool Refinery Workers, 1872-1981.”  It starts as 2pm and will be held in the Grace Room on the 1st Floor of the Cornerstone Building, Hope at Everton, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw St. For those of you who know that part of Liverpool it is the old SFX parish opposite the old Collegiate School. Everyone is welcome. http:www.liverpoolhistorysociety.org.uk/Talks.html

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Posted by Ron Noon in on Friday, February 20th 2009

Lets make 2009 a great year for the website and Love Lane lives

A belated Happy and Healthy New Year to everyone. This first blog of 2009 is mainly about the comments I have had so far on the site and also the invitation for more people to write in and keep the lane LIVE.

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Posted by Ron Noon in on Thursday, January 29th 2009