Fascinating photos show how Cadbury's went from a single shop in Birmingham to being Britain's most loved chocolate makers.
The legendary brand started life as a tiny shop in Bull Street, Birmingham, selling tea, coffee and drinking chocolate from 1824.
Founder John Cadbury later expanded, selling different types of cocoa and moving to a factory in Bridge Street in 1831.
Eventually his sons Richard and George took over the business in 1861. They got fed up of the city slums so in 1878 moved to a rural site four miles out of Birmingham in a place called Bournville.
Taking the name of the model village Bournville grew into a haven for staff where they could live, work and play.
Amazing black and white images from a new book called A History of Cadbury show what life was like there, from crafting Easter eggs to playing football and cricket.
A fascinating collection of black and white pictures show how Cadbury's began as a small shop in Birmingham in 1824 and went on to become Britain's favourite chocolate manufacturer. This image shows an artist painting the new brand design
A steam train is pictured emblazoned with the Cadbury logo as it hauls ingredients to and from the firm's plant in Bournville, four miles from Birmingham. A new book by Diane Wordsworth tells the story of the much-loved chocolate brand
After founder John Cadbury got fed up of his small shop in the 1800 slums of Birmingham he moved the company to a huge greenfield site four miles away. It had plenty of room for staff to live and ended up with sports pitches and swimming pools as well. Staff days out were common and this group of workers are pictured arriving back on the train from one in Derby
Into the twentieth century Cadbury's became a global player and with the birth of the Dairy Milk 1905 it was soon making millions and hurtling towards being Britain's favourite sweet treat.
Despite a hostile takeover by American food company Kraft in 2010 and customer fears the much-loved recipe of Dairy Milk would change, the Cadbury's brand is still stronger than ever and has survived for nearly 200 years.
Rarely seen photographs in a book by Diane Wordsworth depict the men who made Cadbury's first mass produced drinking chocolate in the confectionary maker's first warehouse, a group of skilled women decorating delicious Easter eggs in the late 19th century, and a designer crafting one of Cadbury's instantly recognisable chocolate box covers.
Other images show workers enjoying the plush surroundings of the Bournville - a clean-cut 'factory in a garden' created by Cadbury's for the benefit of their staff.
A happy workforce can be seen participating in a Swedish exercise class, the women's team lining up for a game of football and nervous youngsters preparing to learn to swim.
Happy staff are pictured crafting some of Cadbury's best loved chocolates in the factory in Bournville, near Birmingham
All present and correct! A female factory worker at Bournville is pictured weighing a Cadbury's Milk Tray to ensure everything is in order
Ms Wordsworth said: 'The Cadburys as a family did much for social welfare and reform,' explained Wordsworth. Cadbury's as a firm did the same for their workers.
'Some may think the business was too patriarchal - and in today's climate they would probably be correct - but what this company did for workers' welfare in the middle of the nineteenth century and beyond should be held up as a model.
'The company and the family believed that a happy healthy workforce meant a happy healthy business. The fact that the firm is still here today, almost 200 years later, speaks for itself.'
In 1824, John Cadbury bought
