HOW THEY MAKE COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 83 



include the annual total of some 22,000 meals served 

 at social and other functions. 



Thoroughly refreshed, we go out into the beautiful 

 grounds surrounding the factory and belonging to the 

 workpeople. The men's recreation grounds cover an 

 area of thirteen acres, and those reserved for the girls 

 are nearly as extensive; also there are sixty acres of 

 land used as additional playing fields. In each case a 

 portion of the grounds is a restful retreat of gardens 

 and shady walks, and a portion is laid out to meet the 

 requirements of all modern sports and athletics. 



On we go, this time to the workshops which make 

 the " Factory in a Garden " self -supporting for the 

 accessories of cocoa and chocolate production. We 

 visit the shops in which tins, cardboard boxes, and 

 wooden packing-cases are made; the printing works; 

 the engineering shops; the power and lighting house; 

 the sawmills. 



Surrounding the Bournville factory and its grounds is 

 the Bournville model village, which was founded by 

 Mr. George Cadbury, one of the pioneers of the move- 

 ment for the better housing of the people. 



The necessity of running for our train brings our 

 happy " Day at Bournville " to an end. 



CHAPTER XVI 



THE HOUSE THAT FRY BUILT 



THIS is the House that Fry built. 



It was founded in 1 728, nearly two hundred years 

 ago, by a young Quaker doctor, Joseph Fry, and is 

 historically famous as the parent of British cocoa 



