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  Vicky Dunning - Wednesday, 07 June 2023

  Hello, Derek
  
  Thank you for the information. I finally completed my little booklet on the Seaton family last year, with very kind assistance from J W E Seaton's great grandsons. In that booklet, I have actually included a screenshot of a short article in the Huddersfield Examiner on the death of George Walshaw. It is dated 7 July 1916 and is headed, "Killed in Action". The article mentions that George was employed as a toffee boiler by Messrs J W Seaton & Sons. It's interesting to know that the recipe book has survived all these years!
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  DEREK WHITWAM - Saturday, 11 February 2023

  Hello Vicky . Just came across your interest in Seatons Confectionary .My Uncle , George Walshaw , worked for this company prior to his joining the army in 1914 . He was killed in 1915 serving with the Gordon Highlanders . The factory was located in Flint Street just off Bradford Rd., in Fartown . I still have his recipe book for dozens of types of sweets .I think he inherited the book from someone else as the writing for the first few recipes is different to his . Kind regards Derek Whitwam
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  Vicky Dunning - Tuesday, 27 August 2019

  Hi, Chris
  
  I'm very interested in the Seaton's store. I am researching the Seaton family in Huddersfield. They ran a manufacturing confectioners in Fartown, Huddersfield, and also many toffee stalls throughout the north of England (and beyond). I have found a large number of classified ads for manageresses to run the various stalls, all from the 1900s to 1920s, stating that applicants should apply directly at the stall or write to Seaton's Limited, Fartown Confectionery Works, Huddersfield. One ad does stand out on it's own though, and that is one from the Manchester Evening News dated 21/10/1949. This is for a manageress for a sweets stall in Eccles Market Hall and asks the applicant to write to Seaton's Ltd, 29 Bradford Road, Brighouse. The date is after the founder, James William Earnshaw Seaton, died and his sons had moved on, as far as I am aware, to other jobs. I am wondering whether the Seaton's "brand" was bought out and the office depicted in your photographs was simply a head office for the running of the stalls. It certainly is not large enough to be manufacturing sweets! I would be interested to know if any of your readers have any other information,