Violet (nee Taylor), wife of John Mackintosh the 'Toffee King', 1919. Artist: Unknown

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Violet (nee Taylor), wife of John Mackintosh the 'Toffee King', 1919. The couple married in 1890 and together they opened a pastry cook’s shop in Kings Cross Street, Halifax (Violet was already a trained confectioner's assistant). Violet devised a recipe for a new kind of creamy, chewy toffee.

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Photo credit: © © University of York/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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