Here are a few real "beauty" pictures found by G.D. while trawling the net and felt we should all see them. Many many thanks.
This "Cripps" one is just rather "crisp" in it's staged way. Anybody out there know anything about these firms? Within a few min's of posting this I had a reply, listing the history of W.Cripps of Hobart.The Cripps name is synonymous with baking in Tasmania. The tradition started with William Cripps who in 1858 operated a bakery in Sandy Bay in Hobart with his wife Eliza Burchett. In 1860 he moved to 4 Barrack Street where he remained for 4 years until moving to Hampden Road in Battery Point. Another bakery was built across the road in 1885 by William’s oldest son William Jnr. It was around this time that the family separated and went different ways.
In 1881 both Williams moved to a new location in Elizabeth Street. In 1887 William Jnr moved to a larger premises at 131 Elizabeth Street where a new bakery was built – the first freehold property William Jnr owned.William Jnr was notorious for insisting on having the latest and best equipment for baking. Even the fire bricks and tiles were imported from England.
He was the first baker in Australia to install a dough dividing machine and was keen to adopt anything new to improve his bread and ensure cleanliness.William Jnr retired about 1913 although he was still interested in the firm of W. Cripps consisting of George, William, Thomas and Harold.
In 1928 the firm bought out the Tasmanian Bread and Biscuit Works. With this expansion came semi-automation and the bread now required hardly any handling.
By 1931 there were 16 delivery carts and vans.The bakery then moved to 269 Argyle Street where the business was shared by William Jnr’s sons.In 1961 W Cripps Pty Ltd was sold to Consolidated Foods and in 1977 moved the business to Swallow Parade Glenorchy.
The bakery became fully automatic in 1978 with the introduction of a new automatic dough mixing machine. The machine mixed dough under vacuum which allowed Cripps Bakery to produce new fine textured bread.
The merger of Cripps Bakery – Hobart, Nu-Bake Bakery – Launceston and Bass Bakery – Cooee in 1997 saw the change in name to Cripps Nubake.This move saw the business move into a scale of operation that manufactured a vast range of bread products including bread, crumpets, rolls, buns and muffins that were delivered to the Tasmanian market. Biscuits produced at our Kings Meadows facility are distributed Nationally.
Today Cripps Nubake employs around 160 people, it has 2 manufacturing sites, 1 in Glenorchy - Hobart and 1 in Kings Meadows – Launceston as well as a distribution depot in Ulverstone in North-Western Tasmania. We use about 130 tonnes or 130,000kg of flour per week, all sourced from The Tasmanian Flour Mills Pty. Ltd. in Launceston
A rally shot of this well known van.