Sunday 28 August 2011

100 Years of Thorntons: chocolates, gifts & presents from Thorntons


100 Years of Thorntons: chocolates, gifts & presents from Thorntons: "100 Years of Thorntons

Did you know Thorntons has been making delicious chocolates for hundred years? In fact, our very first shop was opened in Sheffield by travelling confectioner Joseph William Thornton in October 1911, who handed the keys to his teenage sons Norman and Stanley and said:

“Make this the best sweet shop in town!” Well, they didn’t do a bad job, did they?

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