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3 unusual facts about Lyons Maid


J. Lyons and Co., Greenford

Sold under the Lyons Maid brand, the factory was continually expanded as the company battled Unilever's Wall's Ice Cream brand.

London Buses route 120

The weekday service was extended on 14 August 1976 from Greenford Station, via Oldfield Lane to the Lyons Maid Bridge Park factory.

Lyons Maid

The Lyons Maid brand logo, sometimes known as the 'Good Time Sign' but more generally referred to in house as the 'Dancing Children' was initially developed by advertising agency Young & Rubicam to identify the brand in CTN' s (corner sweet shops) and later on packaging and on ice cream vans but was eventually phased in across the whole product range where it continued to be used on branding and shop signage until Lyons Maid was sold to Nestlé in 1992.



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