58 COCOA : ALL ABOUT IT. 



model factory, both for its size and its completeness, and because 

 it contains the most modern improvements in the application of 

 machinery for the manufacture of Cocoa and Chocolate. 



Five tall chimneys, and some acres of warehouses and 

 workshops, divided by streets connected by bridges, and 

 intersected by railway lines, give some idea of the extent of the 

 works, but for all this our first impression on being taken through 

 the porter's lodge is that of entering into a garden with a 

 welcome of the sweet breath of flowers and the song of birds. 

 We have to pass by the girls garden and play-ground, which is well 

 planted and bordered on three sides by trees and shrubs, while the 

 plantations of Bournbrook Hall give the substantially country 

 surroundings to which we have referred. One of the sights of 

 Bournville is the girls in their white costumes, after dinner, sitting 

 reading under the trees, or enjoying in other ways a breath of fresh 

 air. 



The name " Bournville ' was susfaested bv the contio-uitv of 

 the pretty streamlet known as the " Bourn." which meanders 

 through the estate and forms the northern boundary of the factory. 

 This rippling rivulet adds to the attractiveness of the locality, and 

 is regarded with no little satisfaction by the disciples of Izaak 

 Walton, who recognise in the pretty trout streani qualities 

 which serve to gladden the heart of the angler. Among those 

 engaged at the works are lovers of the enthralling pastime, and 

 we were informed that recently trout of very respectable dimensions 

 had been landed from the Bourn, 



On ground contiguous to the factory, and bordering on the 

 road which runs on the southern side of the works, Messrs. 

 Cadbury have built a number of semi-detached villa residences. 



