Channel 5 has recently shown the “Secrets of the Mr Kipling Factory” programme. This has triggered many people’s memories, especially those who used to work at Manor Bakeries in Eastleigh.
Our reader Jill Mayes shared her memories of Mr Kipling with us:
Watching Mr Kipling cakes. Both my parents, myself and lots of friends worked for them at Manor Bakeries at some time or other in Eastleigh. I worked off of cupcake alley and they even made my wedding cake. The test bakery cakes were lovely. My mum got a free box of cakes every Christmas until she died. 🧁🍰 exceedingly good memories.
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Catch Secrets of the Mr. Kipling Factory tonight at 9.15pm! pic.twitter.com/yLBMATZg9H— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) September 24, 2019
Am I correct in thinking it was mr Kipling who made the chocolate fudge cake?back in the day, I used to love that
I wonder if Jill knew my brother Peter White he was a supervisor in Manor bakeries I believe he was on one of the cakes lines , he started there around 1972 or 1973 and worked there until it closed .
We went to Toynbee School but lived in Boyatt Wood. Most days we walked along the railway line behind Kiplings to get to/from school. The smell of cake oooooo
My memories were of a fantastic smell of freshly baked bread that you were able to smell in the No.45 bus from C/F to Eastleigh as it went down Leigh Road, past the then new North End School … the smell, of course, came from Prices Southern Confectioners in the 1940’s, long before the days of Mr. Kipling as a separate company, although I believe I am correct in thinking Prices launched the brand
‘Mr. Kipling’ fancy cakes.
My uncle, Arthur Bradshaw, worked in the fancy cake section of Prices from the mid 40’s, before returning to his pre-war profession as a boiled sweet maker for Hampton’s of St. Mary’s Street, Southampton.
I worked in the mixing room and night shift chargehand