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121-year-old Cadbury coronation chocolates to be sold at auction

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  1. Piper

    Piper Active Member
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    The box of sweets was given to a schoolgirl to celebrate the 1902 coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and has remained untouched for more than a century.

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    The perfectly-preserved sweets were made by Cadbury to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902.
    They were given to nine-year-old Mary Ann Blackmore at her school that year, but instead of eating them, she decided to keep them as a memento of the occasion.

    The vanilla chocolates were passed down through her family until her granddaughter, Jean Thompson, 72, brought the tin to Hanson's Auctioneers in Derby.

    Morven Fairlie, of Hansons Auctioneers, said: "Back in that time, this was a real treat, children never got chocolate.



    "It was obviously such a special gift to this little girl that she thought she couldn't even touch it."

    The chocolates will be auctioned at Hansons and are expected to fetch at least £100 to £150.

    121-year-old Cadbury coronation chocolates to be sold at auction
     
    #1 Piper, Jul 20, 2023
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    My parents lived in a very poor part of London. My dad said that for Christmas as a child he only got an apple and orange. He was one of fourteen. I have only managed to find 10 for my family tree but on one census there was an adopted daughter who I think was a niece. So yes I can see why children rarely got chocolates.

    Talkin about coronation souvenirs, my eldest nephew was a member of a Baptist church. They had a lot of cups for a coronation in 1937. They were selling the off and my nephew bought them all for a very low price. The date on the mugs was correct but the king wasn't. Reason being the king, Edward VIII, abdicated and became Duke of Windsor. So we got a new king George VI, and had the coronation on the already arranged date. As they were quite rare he made quite a profit. I think the church originally bought them as a job lot in 1937 as they needed to replaced for the new kings coronation.
     
    #2 David Kent, Jul 21, 2023
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