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Thames Valley Eggs Ltd.

The Museum of English Rural Life

Workers grading or sorting eggs at the Thames Valley Egg Packing StationThis collection contains the records of Thames Valley Eggs Ltd, an agricultural co-operative. Members included:

  • Sunrise Egg Producers Ltd (1933-1964)
  • Hampshire Egg Producers Ltd (1947-1963)
  • Hayling Island Egg Producers Ltd (1938-1954)
  • Oxford Farmers Ltd (1950-1959)
  • Earley Eggs Ltd (1951-1964)
  • Banbury Egg Packers Ltd (1954-1962)
  • Berks, Bucks & Oxon Poultry Packers Ltd (1954-1964)
  • Wiltshire Poultry Producers Ltd (1957-1962)
  • Berks Poultry Producers Ltd (1957-1963)
  • West Midland Egg Producers Ltd (1957-1967)
  • West Cumberland Farmers’ Trading Society Ltd (1959)
  • Thames Valley Poultry Producers Ltd (1950s-1960s)
  • Thames Valley & Wiltshire Poultry (1950s-1960s)
  • Producers Ltd Salisbury Egg Packing Station Ltd (1961-1962)
  • Monmouth & Glamorgan Eggs Ltd (1962-1966)
  • Hereford & West Midland Egg Producers Ltd (1964)
  • East Anglian Egg Packing Station Ltd (1960s).

The archive is split across two deposits of material.

More Information

Full descriptions are available on our online database: CR TVE, CR 2TVE

Handlists for each deposit of the collection can be found here: CR TVE, CR 2TVE

Reference
CR TVE, CR 2TVE
Extent
370 documents
Date
1930-1972