The couple celebrated their golden wedding over three days in February 1899, beginning with “an excellently-prepared banquet […] to which ample justice was done”, provided by Messrs. Spiers and Pond, well known for their catering establishments.

[4] After many years of illness and several operations Barratt died from jaundice at his home at Holly Mount, Crouch Hill, Middlesex on 3 October 1906, leaving an estate worth nearly £154,000.

Then, his eldest son George (1852-1928), when he was about 17, took over these journeys, and Barratt senior worked large parts of the country for the next 20 years.

Part of the company's success was attributable to a product sold as 'stickjaw' toffee – said to have been made accidentally – that was very popular with children.

[7] When the company outgrew its Hoxton site it moved to a former piano factory, owned by a Mr Ivory, in Mayes Road, Wood Green, north of London.

[9] Two years later there were around 2,000 employees producing 350 tonnes of sweets a week, making Barratts the largest confectionery manufacturer in the world.