News: Audio-post at Rowntree Park
To celebrate the first birthday of the project, we launched our interactive audio-listening post in Rowntree Park, featuring eight highlighted memories recorded by local residents over the past year. This post is still available for all to enjoy. Come and select a memory, turn the dial, crank the handle and listen to a unique piece more »< Read More...Appeal for Information- the location of a WWI memorial
At The Rowntree Society we frequently get phone calls asking if we can help identify something or provide further information about a specific aspect of the Rowntree’s story. We always like to help where we can, but we are drawing a bit of a blank with this. So we hope that you can more »< Read More...First World War, Rowntrees and workers
Joseph Rowntree’s reaction to the outbreak of war was a fear of jingoism and a concern for the reconstruction of society to improve present conditions in order to improve the welfare of the population into the future. All of Seebohm Rowntree’s efforts in WW1 were bound up with welfare and reconstruction. At the behest of Lloyd more »< Read More...May 14
20140
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In Business History, Community life, Memories Project, Social history, York’s history
Cocoa Works Brass Band
Formed in 1903, the Rowntree’s Brass Band was an important part of factory identity. The 16th edition of the Cocoa Works Magazine (June 1903) has an entry marking the formation of the band. It has been suggested that the formation of a Brass Band in connection with the Works would be welcomed by more »< Read More...Rowntree’s Jelly classics – Tomato Ratatouille
By Jaanika Reinvald. In honour of the Diamond Jubilee in 1983 the Rowntree factory published a booklet with a selection of its best jelly recipes. A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to browse through the recipes and one in particular caught my attention. Having grown up in Estonia where meat jelly is one more »< Read More...The Rowntree Society Collection
As the “York Remembers Rowntree” oral history project has been active, we have received a number of wonderful donations from interviewees, families and members of the public. This provide a fabulously personal account of Rowntree’s and we would like to thank everyone who has given us items. I have started to photograph these more »< Read More...Yearsley Swimming Baths
The “New Yearsley Baths” was opened on May 4th 1909 by the Right Honourable Alderman James Birch, Lord Mayor of York. Originally the company swimming baths, it was designed by Fred Rowntree in 1908 at a cost approaching £3,000. The original design held 226,890 gallons of water and measured 144 feet long by 51 feet more »< Read More...New Earswick Primary School
In 1904, Joseph Rowntree set up the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust to manage the new housing development in New Earswick. The village included a ‘non-provided’ school – a partnership between the local authority (which oversaw the education of the children) and the Trust (which funded, designed and constructed the buildings). New Earswick Elementary more »< Read More...Feb 24
20130
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In Community life, Quaker history, Rowntree Family History, Rowntree trusts, York’s history
