The Rise of Lapford Creamery by Bill Sutton-Page 1
The Rise of Lapford Creamery by Bill Sutton-Page 2
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1940's? Alfred Morris, founder of Ambrosia
Lapford Creamery Historical Notes and timeline. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
1917 Ambrosia Dried milk for infants (Courtesy Daily Mail Centenary article)
1917 Ambrosia Dried Milk (Courtesy Daily Mail Centenary article)
1936 Ambrosia Creamed Rice (Courtesy Daily Mail Centenary article)
1936 Ambrosia Press Advert (Courtesy Daily Mail Centenary article)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1928 Lapford Creamery."The opening of the Ambrosia milk products factory in 1928 provided a significant boost to the village economy, offering employment to large numbers of local women and two-way freight opportunities for the railway: raw milk inbound and finished product outbound-Tarka Rail" (Courtesy Robert Slack, Flickr)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford. Ted Beeson comments "Looks like an adapted BMC, it would be easier getting in and out of that cab than the original." (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford. The 'Just-Hatmaker' process involves drying at atmospheric pressure in a thin film on a slowly revolving heated drum. "We used to clear the sheets by breaking them off the rollers and tipping them into a small bin, then scooping it into another container and eventually it came out as milk powder" - Barbara Stentiford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1930's Lapford (Courtesy lapfordhistory.co.uk)
1950's Ambrosia Promotional labels (Courtesy Daily Mail Centenary article)
1960's Ambrosia Lifton, with Lapford 'Thames Trader' truck. Matthew Pinto comments "... based on the general cleanness it is probably around the opening of the "new" factory in 1959." (Courtesy Bernie Robbins, from Britishtransportnostalgia, Devon Hauliers FB Group)
1963 Lapford Station (Courtesy Tarka Rail)
1960's? Ambrosia Creamed Rice Display Card
1968 Ambrosia Devon Custard (Courtesy Daily Mail Centenary article)
1970's? Ambrosia Creamed Rice Display Card
1970's Ambrosia Advert
1971 Express acquisitions include Ambrosia Lapford Creamery, Magheralin, Virginia and Hammetts Dairies. (Express News Christmas)
1972 C. Beacon (Sidmouth), Miss D. Rookes (Lapford), D. Selway (Honiton), Eric Robarts, C. Lazarus (Tiverton), Dick Jordan and J. Etheridge (Exhibition Way) at Exeter Merit and Service Dinner.(Express News Summer)
1972 Eric Robarts announced the sale of Tavistock Place, relocation of Bloomsbury retail to Wakefield Street and Marshall's to Cricklewood, Alresford Depot to Southampton and the 'phasing out' of Lapford and move to North Tawton, (Express News Christmas)
1978 Lapford station, dairy buildings on the right. (Courtesy Blue-Pelican-Railway flickr)
1978 Lapford station. (Courtesy Blue-Pelican-Railway flickr)
2015 [Lapford]-The old Ambrosia creamery factory that opened in 1928, and closed in the early 1970s. This was previously a railway siding.
![2015 [Lapford]-The old Ambrosia creamery factory that opened in 1928, and closed in the early 1970s. This was previously a railway siding.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2af86ba5-cc2e-48df-9280-3c42031e6b21/66296573-a4bd-44cf-a942-8e8d1a1d5417_rw_1920.jpg?h=9bb121c5eeac9d6706d254fd56b20b8d)