Scotts Bakery - Dunningsbridge Road
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The bakery building survives as "Allied Bakeries” but it's a fair bit smaller now.
The field to the left of Scott's is now the switch island retail park, with a public house "The bakery" now stands just this side of Scott's main entrance.
Born in Bootle 1960 lived on Bailey Drive then the old roan.
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I remember all the young lads on the bread vans wearing white overalls. They used to shout to us girls going to school. My nan lived in the Old Roan and when we used to get the 59 bus from Bootle, as kids we always looked out for the big Christmas tree outside of the bakery. It was magical for us kids.
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I remember they used to have open days in the Summer and my mum took us, along with a couple of neighbours and their kids. It was great; we went on a tour of the building where the bread was made and watched the whole process, from putting the ingredients into the big vats right through to taking the bread out of the ovens. We then had a picnic on the lawns outside. Does anyone else remember this???
Born in Kirk Street, brought up in Bootle
Whacker I was a van lad but I was on the Big Wholesale Vans and the trays of bread were very heavy especially for the lads , to draw the trays from the far end of the van we used a long metal rod , but you had to use your LOAF in case you pulled too hard and they could end up in the middle of the street , remember Scotts had another small depot off Knowsley Road close to the Gainy , I think Coulltons Bread were also a part of the same company .
My brother in Law who is four years younger than me used to be a van lad at the CO OP bakery off Walton Road , but his job was more difficult because the vans were drawn by a Horse , can you just imagine today it would'nt be allowed , especially when the horse dropped a load , just think of the fumes .
Ron
My brother in Law who is four years younger than me used to be a van lad at the CO OP bakery off Walton Road , but his job was more difficult because the vans were drawn by a Horse , can you just imagine today it would'nt be allowed , especially when the horse dropped a load , just think of the fumes .
Ron
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BUT JUST THINK WHAT BRILL ROSES THERE WOULD BE
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rivermersey wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:55 am
The bakery building survives as "Allied Bakeries” but it's a fair bit smaller now.
The field to the left of Scott's is now the switch island retail park, with a public house "The bakery" now stands just this side of Scott's main entrance.
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Does anyone Remember my Day Tony Scott he was the Accountant and related to Bill Scott Joe Scott John Scott he also loaded the vans when the Bread strike was on
I was very young the Christmas Partys for all the workers kids I remember walking round the factory floor with my dad and all the employees nodding their heads in respect
He ended up in head office in London and dealt with all the Accounts M and S Tesco.
Also remember touring on bus promoting Sunblest
Would love to hear from anyone who knew him
I was very young the Christmas Partys for all the workers kids I remember walking round the factory floor with my dad and all the employees nodding their heads in respect
He ended up in head office in London and dealt with all the Accounts M and S Tesco.
Also remember touring on bus promoting Sunblest
Would love to hear from anyone who knew him
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1978 Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union strike.
The End.
Scotts Bakery (Bootle)
HC Deb 21 February 1984
§Mr. Allan Roberts (Bootle) I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 10, for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely, the sacking of 700 workers at Scotts Bakery, Bootle, Merseyside and the proposed closure of this factory, which will increase the already massively high unemployment level on Merseyside.
I apologise to the House for having once again to raise the issue of a major closure on Merseyside. The House is becoming too accustomed to this having to be done as Merseyside has closure after closure. It was on Monday 16 January that I raised the issue of a dispute at Scotts, which I then predicted would be used by the management as an excuse to close the factory. That has now happened.
This is a specific matter as the 90-day redundancy notices have already been served. They were served on the work force at the end of last week. The management of Allied Bakeries have announced the closure of their Merseyside factory following the industrial dispute that all objective observers claim and admit to have been precipitated by the management.
The matter is urgent because of the hardship that will be visited upon the employees at Scotts and their families by the sackings and the closure. It is another major blow to Merseyside. Once again, another long-established family company on Merseyside is to be closed by a multinational company which took over the factory and has no commitment to the local work force or to the Merseyside area, its headquarters being situated elsewhere. The matter is urgent because of the actions of management who, throughout the dispute, have behaved in a high-handed and contemptible manner, confronting 706the work force with totally unacceptable demands and behaving not even like Victorian employers but more like medieval barons. The job losses and the shut-down are only the latest in a long list of closures and redundancies which are announced weekly on Merseyside. They are usually announced on Fridays. Fridays are known on Merseyside now as black Fridays. My hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mr. Parry) recently raised the question of the closure of British American Tobacco, which also employs many of my constituents. When will the closures and redundancies cease?
The matter is urgent because of the scale of the crisis on Merseyside. A debate is needed to enable us to call on the Government to intervene in order to create and save jobs.
The events at Scotts Bakery have a national significance because they are likely to be the cause of a national bread strike. The Bakers Union is to ballot its members on the issue. I hope that you, Mr. Speaker, will grant an emergency debate at this stage in the sad saga rather than wait until you can no longer buy bread because of a national bread strike.
§Mr. Speaker The hon. Member for Bootle (Mr. Roberts) has asked leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely, the sacking of 700 workers at Scotts Bakery, Bootle, Merseyside and the proposed closure of this factory, which will increase the already massively high unemployment level on Merseyside.
I have listened carefully to what the hon. Gentleman has said. I appreciate that further unemployment in Merseyside is a very serious matter. Nevertheless, I regret that I do not consider that the matter he has raised is appropriate for discussion under Standing Order No. 10, and I cannot therefore submit his application to the House.
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Scotts Bakeryby Emma (Member 10106386) on 10-Jan-2005
Anyone remember Scotts Bakery Shops? I recall the tasty buns,jam tarts,Strawberry tarts and fresh bread. As a kid in the 1950s I remember when once a year, in the summer, regular customers got tickets to tour the Bakery (at Netherton I think) After we went around the factory we could go into the big marquee outside on lawn and get free cream cakes and a tiny hovis loaf. Sometimes if you were lucky someone would give you their ticket so you could go back in and get second helpings! Anyone recall any of above?
Re: Scott Bakery by Sheila Graham (Member 10000762) on 14-Jan-2005
I remember those 'open' days very well. They were brilliant. sheila.g
Re: Scott Bakery by David Arthur (Member 10055917) on 15-Jan-2005
Scotts was a fine bakery, as was Blackledges, My Aunt worked at Scotts so I had made the trip around the bakery and had the snack at the end of the trip.
The shop on Hawthorn Road would sell you a bag of broken biscuits for a penny, not bad at all.
When I came to Australia I applied to work at Tip Top Bakeries, delivering bread, I used the knowledge I had from Scotts and Blackledges (helping to deliver with the deliveries during the school holidays) but after the interview I was informed by the manager that Scotts was a sister company of Tip Top (owned by the George Weston company) small world. By the way I got the job. Dave.
Re: Scott Bakery by Sheila Graham (Member 10000762) on 21-Jan-2005
Where abouts in Oz are you Dave? Any relation to Pete? sheila.
Re: Scott Bakery by vera FRANCIS.cunningham (Member 10135352) on 23-Jan-2005
HI Emma thank you for the walk down memory lane my first job after i left ST MONICAS bootle was at Scott's in netherton iworked in the confectionery dept training to be a cake decorator remember the open days well happy days .any one recall thresa doolon also bobby thomas of the kirkstone rd area of litherland .who also worked at SCoTT"s in 1950. i now live in Australia .Vera Fc.
Re: Scott Bakery by John Crawford (Member 10071928) on 30-Jan-2005
You guys may remember my father and two brothers - Wally Snr and Wally Jnr, and Ronnie who worked in Scotts most of their working life. I was the only one who didn.t! I went to the factory often where Dad proudly took me through the bakery. There wasn't much in that bakery that he didn't know about. I also went out on the vans sometimes with Joe Totty from Bootle. There was a Scotts shop in Knowsley Road at the bottom of Moore Street where I lived. There is a bakery here in Perth, Western Australia, which has the same packaging as Scotts, but I don't know if there is any connection.
Re: Scott Bakery by Robert jones. (Member 10069228) on 12-Feb-2005
I lived on Peel Road in Bootle over Costicans Grocery Store. I worked for Scotts Bakery at their new plant in Netherton,
I use to go by bus, I was the helper on one of the trucks, we loaded it with bread then go down to Knowsley Road for the cakes, drove around to the rear to load them up
the plant was at the bottom of Hood and Keats Streets (I had family living on both of those Streets) there was quite a variety of cakes including cream ones which I remember so well.
After we had loaded the truck, the first stop was the drivers house, his name was Bob, on Bibby Lane for cake and a cuppa,
our route was the Dingle area, we had to wear a beige coat with a peak cap, the driver had a leather bag for the money over his shoulder,
after the day's delivery we would head back to the plant Netherton, to clean inside truck for the next day delivery.
To this day I can still remember the smell of the bread and cakes.
Re: Scott Bakery by David Arthur (Member 10055917) on 14-Feb-2005
Hi Sheila, Yes I am related to Pete, I am his nephew, I live in Sydney (Cental Coast) Dave.
Re: Scott Bakery by Richard Thomas (Member 10302998) on 25-Jan-2016
I lived over the Scotts Shop in Knowsley Road. My Dad worked for them as a Wholesale Bread Salesman, delivering to local shops. I worked for them on Saturday mornings when I was a schoolboy - taking extra loads to Southport - and in the bakery mostly, during summer holidays. Working on the cake line was the best!
Re: Scott Bakery by Janet Rhodes (Member 10311097) on 27-Jan-2017
I am looking for Albert Curtis who was a manager at Scotts Bakery in the early 1950's. Would love any information about him .
Re: Scott Bakery by John Quinn (Member 10318887) on 9-Feb-2018
We moved from Holywell St. to Ronald Ross Avenue in Netherton when I was about 12 or 13. Once I was 16 and still at school at SFX in Liverpool I worked at Scotts Bakery every summer holiday even after I left school and qualified as a teacher at Simmaries. Every time except for one I worked in the Confectionary department. I worked with Jack Buck preparing all the ingredients and just about everywhere else in Confectionary. I only worked one summer on the Bread side and hated it.
Scotts Bakeryby Emma (Member 10106386) on 10-Jan-2005
Anyone remember Scotts Bakery Shops? I recall the tasty buns,jam tarts,Strawberry tarts and fresh bread. As a kid in the 1950s I remember when once a year, in the summer, regular customers got tickets to tour the Bakery (at Netherton I think) After we went around the factory we could go into the big marquee outside on lawn and get free cream cakes and a tiny hovis loaf. Sometimes if you were lucky someone would give you their ticket so you could go back in and get second helpings! Anyone recall any of above?
Re: Scott Bakery by Sheila Graham (Member 10000762) on 14-Jan-2005
I remember those 'open' days very well. They were brilliant. sheila.g
Re: Scott Bakery by David Arthur (Member 10055917) on 15-Jan-2005
Scotts was a fine bakery, as was Blackledges, My Aunt worked at Scotts so I had made the trip around the bakery and had the snack at the end of the trip.
The shop on Hawthorn Road would sell you a bag of broken biscuits for a penny, not bad at all.
When I came to Australia I applied to work at Tip Top Bakeries, delivering bread, I used the knowledge I had from Scotts and Blackledges (helping to deliver with the deliveries during the school holidays) but after the interview I was informed by the manager that Scotts was a sister company of Tip Top (owned by the George Weston company) small world. By the way I got the job. Dave.
Re: Scott Bakery by Sheila Graham (Member 10000762) on 21-Jan-2005
Where abouts in Oz are you Dave? Any relation to Pete? sheila.
Re: Scott Bakery by vera FRANCIS.cunningham (Member 10135352) on 23-Jan-2005
HI Emma thank you for the walk down memory lane my first job after i left ST MONICAS bootle was at Scott's in netherton iworked in the confectionery dept training to be a cake decorator remember the open days well happy days .any one recall thresa doolon also bobby thomas of the kirkstone rd area of litherland .who also worked at SCoTT"s in 1950. i now live in Australia .Vera Fc.
Re: Scott Bakery by John Crawford (Member 10071928) on 30-Jan-2005
You guys may remember my father and two brothers - Wally Snr and Wally Jnr, and Ronnie who worked in Scotts most of their working life. I was the only one who didn.t! I went to the factory often where Dad proudly took me through the bakery. There wasn't much in that bakery that he didn't know about. I also went out on the vans sometimes with Joe Totty from Bootle. There was a Scotts shop in Knowsley Road at the bottom of Moore Street where I lived. There is a bakery here in Perth, Western Australia, which has the same packaging as Scotts, but I don't know if there is any connection.
Re: Scott Bakery by Robert jones. (Member 10069228) on 12-Feb-2005
I lived on Peel Road in Bootle over Costicans Grocery Store. I worked for Scotts Bakery at their new plant in Netherton,
I use to go by bus, I was the helper on one of the trucks, we loaded it with bread then go down to Knowsley Road for the cakes, drove around to the rear to load them up
the plant was at the bottom of Hood and Keats Streets (I had family living on both of those Streets) there was quite a variety of cakes including cream ones which I remember so well.
After we had loaded the truck, the first stop was the drivers house, his name was Bob, on Bibby Lane for cake and a cuppa,
our route was the Dingle area, we had to wear a beige coat with a peak cap, the driver had a leather bag for the money over his shoulder,
after the day's delivery we would head back to the plant Netherton, to clean inside truck for the next day delivery.
To this day I can still remember the smell of the bread and cakes.
Re: Scott Bakery by David Arthur (Member 10055917) on 14-Feb-2005
Hi Sheila, Yes I am related to Pete, I am his nephew, I live in Sydney (Cental Coast) Dave.
Re: Scott Bakery by Richard Thomas (Member 10302998) on 25-Jan-2016
I lived over the Scotts Shop in Knowsley Road. My Dad worked for them as a Wholesale Bread Salesman, delivering to local shops. I worked for them on Saturday mornings when I was a schoolboy - taking extra loads to Southport - and in the bakery mostly, during summer holidays. Working on the cake line was the best!
Re: Scott Bakery by Janet Rhodes (Member 10311097) on 27-Jan-2017
I am looking for Albert Curtis who was a manager at Scotts Bakery in the early 1950's. Would love any information about him .
Re: Scott Bakery by John Quinn (Member 10318887) on 9-Feb-2018
We moved from Holywell St. to Ronald Ross Avenue in Netherton when I was about 12 or 13. Once I was 16 and still at school at SFX in Liverpool I worked at Scotts Bakery every summer holiday even after I left school and qualified as a teacher at Simmaries. Every time except for one I worked in the Confectionary department. I worked with Jack Buck preparing all the ingredients and just about everywhere else in Confectionary. I only worked one summer on the Bread side and hated it.
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In 1947, my parents and me and my two brothers moved to a new prefab on Belle Vale estate along Childwall Valley Road.
Scotts Bakery sent a mobile shop to the estate each day from Monday to Saturday. The " Moblle " parked each day at the
junction of Bridgefield Road and Whinhurst Road, near to the Catholic Church, Our Lady Of The Assumption. The mobile
was based on a Karrier Bantam chassis with coachbuilders bodywork. I would like to find a picture of one of Scotts mobiles.
Ray Smyth.
Scotts Bakery sent a mobile shop to the estate each day from Monday to Saturday. The " Moblle " parked each day at the
junction of Bridgefield Road and Whinhurst Road, near to the Catholic Church, Our Lady Of The Assumption. The mobile
was based on a Karrier Bantam chassis with coachbuilders bodywork. I would like to find a picture of one of Scotts mobiles.
Ray Smyth.