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From Cocoa Works to Cocoa West

Illustration, aerial view, of large complex of factory buildings

Along the cycle track by the old Rowntree factory, remembering Rowntree Halt, and looking at ‘Cocoa West’, then and now.

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Cocoa Works progress

Brick and stone factory building with windows removed, seen through trees

Checking on the progress of the Cocoa Works development, converting the former Rowntree factory building into residential accommodation.

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Cocoa Works: Rowntree factory development

'Home Sweet Home'

A quick visit to the Haxby Road side of the old Rowntree factory site, aka the Cocoa Works. A new bit of road in, and some demolition.

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Homestead, Pooh Corner, and thoughts from a walk in the park

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Finding cheer in Homestead Park, with Eeyore, Tigger, Pooh and friends, and some busy squirrels, and thinking about this particular park’s land, and the Rowntree legacy.

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Inside the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library

Interior view, Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library

Inside the usually boarded-up Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library, admiring its handsomeness, and the view from the window on the stairs

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Cocoa Works: plans for Rowntree factory buildings

From the cycle track, July 2011

Notes and photos from an exhibition of plans for the Cocoa Works (Rowntree factory buildings). An added bit on the top, the road through, and what might happen to the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library

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Rowntree’s and razor wire

What would Mr Rowntree have said? Razor wire by the Memorial Library, Sept 2016

The city’s chocolate-related heritage is promoted and sold, while rolls of razor wire adorn the ‘Conservation Area’ of the old Rowntree factory buildings.

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Memorable times, Terry’s and Rowntree’s

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Two fabulous short films from the Yorkshire Film Archive, Terry’s and Rowntree’s, 1937 and 1946.

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