The production of jam was actually a minor function of this factory, as it produced a wide range of canned foods (our picture shows tinsmiths at work). The Millwall Football Club was founded here, and as many of the workers were Scottish, this is supposedly the reason why the club play in a blue and white strip. We haven't been able to find out who Morton was.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Morton's Jam Factory
{Above the Millwall Football Club shield and lion symbol:} Millwall (Rovers) ...
Self-proclaimed "oldest pub in Marylebone". Some information can be found at Stonch's Beer Blog.
Chairman and managing director of the Brilliant Sign Company. He purchased the company in 1902 and served as chairman for more than fifty years.
From this inn, on 25 October 1598, Richard Quiney wrote a letter to William Shakespeare. This letter, the only one addressed to Shakespeare that has survived, is held by the museum at Strafford. Th...
Mine host of the Windsor Castle pub in 1990. Distinguished member of the Handlebar Club since 2007.
The Tipperary pub, Fleet Street, was the first pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness and later draft.
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