Allinson is a brand of bread and flour manufactured by Associated British Foods.
Allinson was viewed as an eccentric because of his advocation of vegetarianism (in particular of wholegrain bread) and opposition to many medical practices of the time.
The company was joined with six others to form Allied Bakeries by Willard Garfield Weston in 1935.
The company has advertised on TV with Brian Glover declaring it's Bread wi' Nowt Taken Out.
It gave the impression that Thomas Allinson would have had a Yorkshire accent, but that would not have been the case.