1924 – 2017
April 21st, 2017Roberts of Port Dinorwic was founded in 1924. We are now a 4th generation family business. Since 1924 we have been working with organisations to create delicious high-standard meals for our customers. With a new birthday for the company approaching we were wondering what was happening in 1924:
- George V as monarch
- Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister then Ramsey MacDonald
- Meteorological Office issues its first shipping forecast
- Margaret Bondfield becomes the first woman to be appointed a government minister
- Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France
- John Logie Baird sends rudimentary television pictures over a short distance
- Olympics held in Paris
- George Mallory and Andrew Irvine last seen as “going strong for the top” of Mount Everest, never seen alive again
- Harold Abrahams wins 100m gold in Paris in atime of 10.6 seconds
- First BBC broadcast by George V opening the British Exhibition at Wembley Stadium
- Sunday Express first newspaper to publish a crossword
- Mr. Thomas Roberts makes his first pork pie!
