Comments on: St. Martin’s Jam Factory, Ely http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2008/02/12/ely-jam-factory/ Visit Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK Mon, 12 May 2008 04:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sylvia Bell http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2008/02/12/ely-jam-factory/#comment-52560 Sylvia Bell Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:50:27 +0000 http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2008/02/12/ely-jam-factory/#comment-52560 I was so excited to see all this information about Martin's Jam Factory. I used to live across the road from it, from about 1949 to 1957, in what was my Grandma's cottage. I can still remember the smell from the oranges as they were processed and I also remember the wasps which used to swarm around us all. They packed a sting too. On hot days, the girls in the canteen, which was at the top of the factory, used to throw down icecreams to my brother and me. The blocks were wrapped in paper and used to hit the ground with a thud. But we always managed to get enough off the paper to eat. Grandma's cottage is still there in Bray's Lane. Number 3. We drive past it every time we visit the UK. Would there be any chance of me getting copies of the photos? I was so excited to see all this information about Martin’s Jam Factory.

I used to live across the road from it, from about 1949 to 1957, in what was my Grandma’s cottage.

I can still remember the smell from the oranges as they were processed and I also remember the wasps which used to swarm around us all. They packed a sting too.

On hot days, the girls in the canteen, which was at the top of the factory, used to throw down icecreams to my brother and me. The blocks were wrapped in paper and used to hit the ground with a thud. But we always managed to get enough off the paper to eat.

Grandma’s cottage is still there in Bray’s Lane. Number 3. We drive past it every time we visit the UK. Would there be any chance of me getting copies of the photos?

]]> By: valerie jones http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2008/02/12/ely-jam-factory/#comment-52553 valerie jones Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:15:49 +0000 http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2008/02/12/ely-jam-factory/#comment-52553 I have just taken up the hobby of metal detecting. My first dig, yesterday, was very exciting as you can imagine - in my back garden. Guess what I found - a lid of a St. Martin Chunky Marmalade jar. I shall treasure it, although it is a bit worse for wear. It must be 50 years old. I have just taken up the hobby of metal detecting. My first dig, yesterday, was very exciting as you can imagine - in my back garden. Guess what I found - a lid of a St. Martin Chunky Marmalade jar. I shall treasure it, although it is a bit worse for wear. It must be 50 years old.

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