The production of jam was actually a minor function of this factory, as it produced a wide range of canned foods (our picture shows tinsmiths at work). The Millwall Football Club was founded here, and as many of the workers were Scottish, this is supposedly the reason why the club play in a blue and white strip. We haven't been able to find out who Morton was.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Morton's Jam Factory
{Above the Millwall Football Club shield and lion symbol:} Millwall (Rovers) ...
"In use in the 18th and 19th centuries" so the dates we give are very approximate.
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
A popular local personality. The following text came from the Greenwich Phantom, who would like any more information you have: Doug was the son of Bill Mullins, one of the ‘old school’ of dairymen...
The area was built up during the middle part of the nineteenth century and known as Woodberry Down. The first tavern on the site was built by Stoke Newington builder Thomas Widdows, 1830-4 next t...
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