CWS Sweets - as good as they look! Advert issued by the CWS, 1950
"As good as they look!" - luring the 'kiddies' with the products of the Reddish (Manchester) Co-operative Wholesale Society's works. In 1950 sweets would still be rationed din the UK in the years of post-WW2 austerity and so these would have been a treat. I can find little about any CWS sweet factory at Reddish, traditionally the Co-op had a printing works here and my 1934 Co-op Year Book doesn't list the works amongst the vast manufacturing empire the CWS had to supply individual Co-op Societies. No artist is shown although many CWS adverts of the day were done 'in-house' in Manchester by artists such as James Glover. The advert is from the January 1950 edition of the CWS's house magazine, the Home Magazine (or The Wheatsheaf) that was issued via individual societies.
CWS Sweets - as good as they look! Advert issued by the CWS, 1950
"As good as they look!" - luring the 'kiddies' with the products of the Reddish (Manchester) Co-operative Wholesale Society's works. In 1950 sweets would still be rationed din the UK in the years of post-WW2 austerity and so these would have been a treat. I can find little about any CWS sweet factory at Reddish, traditionally the Co-op had a printing works here and my 1934 Co-op Year Book doesn't list the works amongst the vast manufacturing empire the CWS had to supply individual Co-op Societies. No artist is shown although many CWS adverts of the day were done 'in-house' in Manchester by artists such as James Glover. The advert is from the January 1950 edition of the CWS's house magazine, the Home Magazine (or The Wheatsheaf) that was issued via individual societies.