Kunzle's Patent Chocolate Creams : advert issued by C Kunzle, Birmingham : in Motoring in Scotland : Volume 11 - Burrow's "R.A.C." handbooks, c1914
In the years before the outbreak of World War 1 "motoring" started to be one of the popular pastimes of the 'well-off' and upper classes. This can be seen in this series of motoring guides produced by the Cheltenham based publishers E J Burrow & Co Ltd in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club and this, the Scottish volume, in connection with the Scottish Motoring Club. The various volumes give details of routes and destinations, including maps, and are peppered with adverts for motoring services to be found on the way - important then in the early days of motoring when to be able to find a mechanic or petrol supplies was vital - as well as for hotels and for 'goods' useful for motorists; these include accessories and clothing suitable for motoring. The guides are written by Charles G Harper who was a well known travel writer.
E J Burrow's became a prolific publisher of guides and handbooks, often "official" in thta tehy were produced in conjuction with local authorities or organisations. This is interesting in that it notes amongst their addresses Bradford as as the fact their London Agent was Percy Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd. I suspect this small format book may have been printed at Lund Humphries 'County Press' and had not previously been aware of some link between the two companies.
Kunzle's were a famous name in Birmingham being the owners of a high-class confection and chocolatier and the name became a 'national' brand. In later years the Kunzle 'Showboat" cakes were a popular brand, latterly produced by Lyon's after the Kunzle company was acquired in the 1960s. This colour advert is for 'Patent' chocolate creams and I have to say I have never seen a chocloate marked 'patent' as this range was! At 2/6 (half a crown or 12.5 new pence) a pound these were an expensive treat suitable for the audience this book was aimed at!
Kunzle's Patent Chocolate Creams : advert issued by C Kunzle, Birmingham : in Motoring in Scotland : Volume 11 - Burrow's "R.A.C." handbooks, c1914
In the years before the outbreak of World War 1 "motoring" started to be one of the popular pastimes of the 'well-off' and upper classes. This can be seen in this series of motoring guides produced by the Cheltenham based publishers E J Burrow & Co Ltd in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club and this, the Scottish volume, in connection with the Scottish Motoring Club. The various volumes give details of routes and destinations, including maps, and are peppered with adverts for motoring services to be found on the way - important then in the early days of motoring when to be able to find a mechanic or petrol supplies was vital - as well as for hotels and for 'goods' useful for motorists; these include accessories and clothing suitable for motoring. The guides are written by Charles G Harper who was a well known travel writer.
E J Burrow's became a prolific publisher of guides and handbooks, often "official" in thta tehy were produced in conjuction with local authorities or organisations. This is interesting in that it notes amongst their addresses Bradford as as the fact their London Agent was Percy Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd. I suspect this small format book may have been printed at Lund Humphries 'County Press' and had not previously been aware of some link between the two companies.
Kunzle's were a famous name in Birmingham being the owners of a high-class confection and chocolatier and the name became a 'national' brand. In later years the Kunzle 'Showboat" cakes were a popular brand, latterly produced by Lyon's after the Kunzle company was acquired in the 1960s. This colour advert is for 'Patent' chocolate creams and I have to say I have never seen a chocloate marked 'patent' as this range was! At 2/6 (half a crown or 12.5 new pence) a pound these were an expensive treat suitable for the audience this book was aimed at!