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5 unusual facts about Rowntree


Antoine de Caunes

In addition he appeared in an advertising campaign for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies, which he claimed to be "a French lollipop, on a very British stick".

Michael Rowntree

Rowntree was the scion of two distinguished Quaker families the Rowntrees and the Harveys, his wife Anna was a member of another prominent Quaker family, the Crosfields.

He was the son of Arnold Rowntree and a nephew of Chocolatier and social-reformer Joseph Rowntree.

Rowntree Halt railway station

Located on the southern edge of the Rowntree's chocolate factory, Rowntree Halt was opened in 1927 by the London and North Eastern Railway to provide a small untimetabled passenger service to the Rowntree factory for workers commuting from areas south of York such as Selby and Doncaster.

Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles

The 1972 television advertising campaign used the song Pistol Packin' Mama with the tag line "Pastille Pickin' Mama, pass those pastilles round".


Arthur Penty

1895-6: Rowntree Wharf on the River Foss, originally a flour warehouse for Leetham's Mill, which burnt down in 1931, now flats and offices.

Catriona Rowntree

In 2009 and 2010 Rowntree was appointed as MC at the Pas de Deux in Paradise production by The Australian Ballet at qualia on Hamilton Island.

Elliott Simpson

He played for York City, Rowntree, Pickering Town, Gainsborough Trinity and Harrogate Railway Athletic.

Eric Nicoli

While working in marketing for the confectionery company Rowntree's (previously owned by Rowntree Mackintosh), Nicoli spotted a gap in the market and filled it with two chocolate bars that have since become bestsellers: the Lion Bar and Yorkie

HM Capital Partners

Hicks Muse acquired Nestlé's Ambient Food Business in 2002, which added well-known UK brands Crosse & Blackwell, Branston Pickle, Chivers (marmalade), Sun-Pat (peanut butter), Gale's (honey), Sarson's (vinegar) and Rowntree's (jelly) to the Premier Foods stable.

Kenneth Rowntree

The Catalogue, which was written and researched by Steven Moore, included an introduction by Rowntree's friend and colleague John Milner.


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