![]() Records of Associated Families is a very compact section of records that warranted separate entries from the business records of Woodford Bourne & Co. There is also a brochure for the Britannia Motor Cab Company, established in England by Victor and Percy Nicholson in the early twentieth century. These are The Oyster Tavern, a famous restaurant/bar in the heart of the Cork city, and Mandys, Woodford Bourne’s entry into the fast food business. There are very few documents existing per business, but it was decided that they should given separate entries, as they were separate from Woodford Bourne & Co. Associated Businesses are records from businesses that the Nicholson family were involved in. ![]() The printed material is Woodford Bourne or wine-related articles taken from various newspapers and magazines. Pictorial and Printed Material contains photographs of the Nicholson family, award ceremonies, presentations, staff, and interior/exterior shots of the main business premises and warehouses. There are also a variety of catalogues, labels, pamphlets and flyers for Woodford Bourne products – spirits, teas/coffees, and cakes. The almanacs contain maps of the city identifying prominent buildings as well as giving details of the amazing array of green and black tea, blends of coffee, cocoa and chocolate available for purchase. Advertising contains a series of miniature almanacs dating from the mid-nineteenth century produced by Woodford Bourne and given to customers at Christmas time. There are also a small number of documents surviving relating to the Limerick branch. For those interested in architecture, there are a number of documents from the architect Henry Hill on the landmark Woodford Bourne building on Patrick Street, and its warehouses. There are letters from James Bourne showing his influence on staffing and curiously his provision of a boat for use of the staff. Other interesting information can be gleamed from minute books that span continuously eighty decades of business decisions. Ledgers, customs records (bond books), and account books show the import and sale of wines and spirits, and later teas, coffees and spices giving a unique insight into the tastes of Cork people. ![]() Administration gives one an impression of the day-to-day business of the company. ![]() There are also a number of files on trademarks and the use of product names in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Legal contains records relating to the change to a registered company in 1905, and how this affected shares distribution, with the original “Articles of Association” of the Limited Company. As this is a business collection, there is little insight into the personal lives of the Nicholson family. Collectively, all form a picture of an evolving Cork economy and society over a period of one hundred years. Secondly, advertising and visual material showing the varied and unusual products available to the buying public, and lastly, records of associated businesses and families. Firstly, formal records regarding the legal, financial and general administration of this family owned business. The Woodford Bourne Collection naturally falls into three parts. In the 1980s, the shop was converted to a fast-food outlet named 'Mandy's' and the premises was taken over by Macdonald's in the mid-1980s. The firm also owned extensive warehouse premises on Sheares Street (currently the Mardyke bar). Woodford Bourne was for generations one of the icons of business in Cork City, occupying one of the premier sites on the corner of Patrick Street and Grand Parade (currently Macdonald’s). An employee of the firm James Adam Nicholson, an immigrant from England, eventually became sole owner and the firm remained in the hands of the Nicholson family for generations until its eventual sale in the 1980s. In 1869, Woodford Bourne bought the stock of the wine merchant Richard Sainthill and expanded the business to include wines. Woodford died during the Famine, and his widow married a Mr Bourne, an employee of Woodford's and thereafter the firm was known as Woodford, Bourne & Co. In the mid nineteenth century, John Woodford had a grocery shop on the Grand Parade. The archive, containing records of the import and sale of exotic and luxury goods was deposited in UCC in 2005 by its owner, Mr David Nicolson.īiographical History: The company can trace its origins back to a firm of wine merchants named Maziere and Sainthill which was trading in Cork as early as 1750. BL/BC/WB is the business archive of Woodford Bourne & Co.
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