The now long gone "Mother's Pride Bakery" Three Elms Road.The bakery was built in 1958 by "Rank Hovis McDougall Ltd" and extended in 1961 to accommodate a confectionery unit.Further extensions were done in 1964 due to the increase in business. At one time up to 160 vehicles a day were operating from the plant.The plant finally closed it's doors in 1982 and was demolished in 1983 to make way for a "Sandford's D i y Superstore".
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Monday 17 August 2009
Mother's Pride Bakery.
The now long gone "Mother's Pride Bakery" Three Elms Road.The bakery was built in 1958 by "Rank Hovis McDougall Ltd" and extended in 1961 to accommodate a confectionery unit.Further extensions were done in 1964 due to the increase in business. At one time up to 160 vehicles a day were operating from the plant.The plant finally closed it's doors in 1982 and was demolished in 1983 to make way for a "Sandford's D i y Superstore".
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My dad used to work at the bakery and used to bring home loverly ring doughnuts back in the 60's
the bakery actually closed in 1982 and production was moved to Taffs Wells outside of Cardiff. my dads lorry was the last vehicle along with one other operating from the site before they demolished it in 1983.
My Father was a 'Trunker Driver' at the bakery, driving 1124 until it closed on Saturday, November 6th, 1982.
I am quite amazed to find this old photo on the internet. I used to work at Mother's Pride Bakery, in Hereford, twelve hour night shifts, in 1977.
My dad also worked here until its closure , I also remember many others who worked or had connections with the bakery.
Wow that brings back memories worked there for 5 years until closure and my husband worked there for 20 years.
I remember Mothers Pride bakery. Yhe 3 elms pub was down the road. Xx
My Nan used to work here and sometimes we would pick her up when she finished work for the day. She used to bring home lots of lovely cakes :-)
My father worked there for many years mixing the dough. The dough room was near the top of the building with the mixes being tipped from the mixers through a hole in the floor to the cutting machine. He carried with him a small book which showed the ingredients for the different doughs depending on which bread was being made.
I spent 12 months there as a kid of 18. Wasn't a job it was a sentance ! But it served a purpose I suppose
My dad worked there for many years until it closed. The cakes he would bring home, I remember he took the HiFi to work so they had music to listen to.
My dad worked there and used to make a wheat sheaf out of dough for my children to take to school for harvest festival ...it was lovely ....
I remember going around the factory on a school educational trip. The bread slicer was particularly memorable.
I was told when young that my grandfather Frank Bayley whose nickname was nimble Bayley was friends with someone in management at mothers pride bakery and they named the bread nimble after him. I never knew him but apparently he was tall and very slim. He lived at Bobblestock, Hereford on Roman Road.
Our grandad use to be the dispatch manager (John Brown) before he moved to Ausralia in 1981
Josh and Riley Morgan Newcastle Australia
I remember John Brown
Michael Burke worked there not sure what years but if any one got pictured or knew him let me know please thriugh here
Hi I have recently found out that my father who is now deceased used to work as a temp driver. I was wondering if anyone can remember him, he was called John Paget.
I worked on the delivery vans as a kid and my father Malcolm Millichip worked both in the factory and then drove wagons up to Birmingham
hi I worked for wonderloaf Cardiff , wonderloaf bought the old coop bakery taff well near Cardiff , then wonderloaf went out of business , motherspride then bought the taffs well bakery , and most of the wonderloaf fleet of vans, then rank hovis closed taffs well down ,and sold it for housing ,
My dad "Bert" Barber use to work there in the stores. Brought home doughnuts and boxes of flakes.
12-hour night shifts there during the weeks in between the terms at teacher-training-college in Cheshire 1960 / 61 / 62 helped boost the grant. The dough from the top floor was chopped into lumps sized for the various loaves of bread: my job was to shape the lumps appropriately for the various loaves and slap/throw them into baking tins, and then the tins onto the conveyor running through the massive ovens. The next job rotation took me usually to the other - much hotter - end of the oven to knock the just-baked loaves out of the tins, ready for many of them to head off to the slicers. It was a steady job, under pressure, and much appreciated :)
I worked there for several years during my holidays from university but my real education was in the canteen! Who remembers those great breakfasts!
My Dad worked there and so did my sister. Dad delivered on round 1145 up into Mid Wales, when the bakery closed he took the franchise and continued to deliver with bread trunked in from Taffs Wells along with Roy Green who delivered up into Knighton and Presteigne. We bought Roy’s round and continued until the late 90’s early 00’s
I had many happy years at MP starting as a salesman and rising through the ranks to area sales manager with the best team of salesman finally moving on to Dispatch manager responsible for packaging and distribution and a great family of staff. Before moving to Australia in1981
It was Sad to hear of the closure
Hi John. Paul Bevan here. I remember you. I worked in the garage. My Father was Geoff Bevan on the trunkers.
I had two brothers who worked a mothers pribe in the 1970s I don't really know much about them as the are no longer with us and there isn't anyone I can ask no. My older brother James Rowe and the other brother was John Rowe. If anyone rememders either of them I would to know more.
In 78 decided to give up my job as a dough maker in Taffs Well after 2 years caught a bread van up to Hereford bakery and worked 12 hour shifts for money in the hand.All my mates were hop picking .We just worked hard and played hard.Not a care in the world.Ended up 25 years allied bakeries Cardiff.
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