Just bought a large container of your small pear drops. Delicious. Had them shipped to my mother, who will send them to me in Georgia, USA.
@macadoo88203 жыл бұрын
Happiest place in my life into Teddy Grays 1961 after being at the cubs.
@jonsutherland24463 жыл бұрын
Black country folk are the best.
@glennishiggins30076 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see an old fashioned business still surviving in the 21st century. I love their sweets!
@estragone6 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely film about a wonderful company
@crimsoncastles51146 ай бұрын
You can't beat old-fashioned sweets. Sweets to all the sweeties at Teddy Gray's.
@PeteWilliamsMusic10 жыл бұрын
Growing up around whiteheath/lion farm estate we used to go up oakham and walk to Dudley and Coseley baths in the summer holidays. I remember the smell of Teddy Grays mixed with the old Brewery up by top church. Magical.
@wendi2002110 жыл бұрын
Julie Gray (Ted's daughter) was sitting at my old desk lol it was my 1st eva poppa job when i left school £75 a week 1990 i worked with Edward Jnr (Ed) he used to crack me up cuz he cud neva find me lol It's great to see sum of the original folk still there Bonnie..Jill..Joanne..John..Ray..Dave..Christine..Sue..Mark..think i saw Maureen T..xx still all wearing of them finger prints on the griddles lol they put my name in the rock once :) Xmas was great . Ted supplied all the alcohol & the men used to nick it all ;( so i used to pop ova the road to the dentist to Diane and get pie eyed ova there xx GUD TIMES ;) Long Live Ted & Betty Gray :)
@chrisabbot24789 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! I have always loved 'erballs since I was a kid and it would be terrible if this company ever changed. Keep it how it is...wonderful film and people!
@chrisabbot24789 жыл бұрын
***** ...uck off yow!
@barbaraann35989 жыл бұрын
I remember going on a school visit when I was 14. 1961. The smell was wonderful.
@czeshirecat627810 ай бұрын
I can buy pear drops when I attend Leighton hospital, but rarely. I’d buy more if I could. Wish I could buy from supermarkets
@g-r-a-e-m-e-3 жыл бұрын
Well done Martin, and thanks to all who featured, so much to enjoy.
@ronniemckeown39168 жыл бұрын
such a sweet little film .long may they carry on doing what they do and never change a thing
@taka94662 жыл бұрын
Magnificent! What a wonderful documentary and so Martin Parr.
@leisureacademy12 жыл бұрын
Loved this short film. It looks like a company full of good values in many ways. I didn't think places like this were around anymore. Fantastic!
@EastEndAlan6 жыл бұрын
Stephen fry brought me here.... And I'm so glad he did! What an AMAZING place. I dare Google them to see if they're still in business as it would break my heart if they got swept away by more modern businesses. Now, off to buy a stick of rock.
@beegee81556 жыл бұрын
Alan Pender it still going strong pal
@progressivepondkeeping4 жыл бұрын
Still going strong mate the factory and the shop
@Tommy-bx3uh3 жыл бұрын
Just brought some sweets from the shop today!
@android1617 Жыл бұрын
This was fascinating!
@JoshWBergeron12 жыл бұрын
This is really awe-inspiring! Love the calendars in the background - Mr. Gray with the woman in the bikini and the woman with the bare-chested man. :) Nice to see a film about something so positive and downright like-able instead of the typical documentary films focusing on war, poverty, drug addiction, etc...
@deadvideokid12 жыл бұрын
absolutely hypnotizing
@northstar19509 жыл бұрын
Superb, long may they reign.
@marybarratt26493 ай бұрын
I just bought some Gray’s Herbal Tablets and by coincidence up popped this documentary. I’m just hoping that the company is still being run along similar lines. It would be wonderful to think that this wonderful business continues to flourish. My favourites have always been toffee bonbons. Love their shop and goodies. Hope they go on forever.
@Loganberrybunny9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I really miss these sweets (I'm diabetic now) but I remember loving just about everything they sold. The herbal tablets were amazing, and thankfully I *can* still have an ice cream every so often. I just wish they made sugar-free sweets -- plenty of other traditional places do them now, so come on Teddy Grays! You'd get my money for sure!
@DJenerate2 жыл бұрын
They had a sign saying they now have sugar free sweets available when I popped to their shop in Dudley yesterday.
@Loganberrybunny2 жыл бұрын
@@DJenerate Yeah, I was in Bewdley recently and they do too. Trouble is they're extremely expensive, getting on for two quid for 100g. Warmans in Worcester does sugar free sweets for much less, so I go there now.
@beegee81556 жыл бұрын
Love em and I will love teddy grays sweets till the day I die I now live in Doncaster but I get my brother to post me some every fortnight as he shops in Dudley and always calls in the castle for a pint and teddy’s for our sweets 🍬 quality our kid 👍👍
@psbzu4 жыл бұрын
Marvelous. I feel refreshed after watching this and i don´t even like sweets. Just another classic from Martin Parr.
@adamboro356 жыл бұрын
Faith restored,simply wonderful
@ruckyboy12 жыл бұрын
Fabulous story, so well told. An absolute delight to view. Thank you
@duskyfuse2866 Жыл бұрын
This was a fantastic watch. What an amazing story, and indeed factory!
@recieve.believe33444 жыл бұрын
This is old fashioned quality love for their business that brings pure love and joy without the dumbing down and anxiety provoking that some modern technologies have created in people's lives!
@lhstever8 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@hehe70613 жыл бұрын
Love their herbal sweets 😍😍😍
@shinnyhills313 жыл бұрын
Best sweets ever - Ice cream to die for!
@tossell19696 жыл бұрын
I hope they are online. I would very much like to order some sweets, and break a tooth, from this wonderful company. Just look at them. Beautiful. Old. Amazing
@artonastudios11 жыл бұрын
A lovely film
@susancartwright68863 жыл бұрын
When will teddy Grays Dudley be opened up again it was sad to see closed all through this stupid virus
@nellmurray110 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed it and the sweets.
@beattieboggs75787 жыл бұрын
That was the place for sweets and ice creams. Loved that store like so many others. I must say that I was surprised to see that some of the people did not wear disposable gloves when handling the rock etc.
@9t9t312 жыл бұрын
This is great, Can't believe everything is so mechanical and anti-digital
@nlanca112 жыл бұрын
Lovely little film.
@Somerset-In-The-Blood7 жыл бұрын
Wow proper old school sweets great to watch :)
@ghasanferali63212 жыл бұрын
soo sweet
@scott-hs4pt2 жыл бұрын
I love this factory and there sweets and there shop so tasty and ye it’s good old Victorian sweets
@DessieTots2 жыл бұрын
I love how the jug of red colouring has never been washed.
@mrsarai00514 жыл бұрын
fantastic and the little things 😀
@nedseagoon51013 ай бұрын
I used to live by the van driver they interviewed. He used the van to go home in. Whenever you walked passed it it always smelled of herbal tablets from 10ft away!
@Blah-blah-blah6963 жыл бұрын
Just ordered some Grey's herbal sweets.
@peterwatkins980710 жыл бұрын
reminds me of a sweet factory in BLACKHEATH (B'HAM) MR.& MRS Harris used to own it.. rock and sweets is in here, sad when it closed
@crh77426 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. It's a shame they'll probably have to modernize at some point. It's nice to know some companies haven't changed in decades.
@CRiZLA Жыл бұрын
2:18 where can i get a calendar?
@andrewsavage91483 жыл бұрын
My mom worked for em for 30 odd years
@johnsanta887510 жыл бұрын
Does anybody remember Orchard sweets from Blackheath?
@jordywilliams10 жыл бұрын
i dig this
@scott-hs4pt2 жыл бұрын
1826 the famous date and creation of teddy grays factory
@emptyboxesandrooms11 жыл бұрын
lol at the calendar.
@nunosa192111 жыл бұрын
wow...
@bmc95045 жыл бұрын
Where?
@flossybob8 жыл бұрын
want to work here want to try all the goodies which is a shame they are not on the net or i would go order right away lol
@switchgray48995 жыл бұрын
RIP teddy and berty
@jackhaughey65972 жыл бұрын
Wow she’s a human calculator 😮 the way she can handle all the numbers just in her head! That’s incredible, a true asset to any company, can’t believe how long ago this was filmed tho, I hope it’s still the same old same old, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
@progressivepondkeeping5 жыл бұрын
The smell of herbals fills kates hill when they make them
@progressivepondkeeping4 жыл бұрын
@@oberonstringweed3344 who needs a covid vaccine get some teddy grays herbals down ya 😂👌
@progressivepondkeeping4 жыл бұрын
@@oberonstringweed3344 definitely 👌
@garywoof11 жыл бұрын
Excuse the pun, but that was sweet!
@scott-hs4pt2 жыл бұрын
Herbal tablets are good and the pips sweets are grate on flavour
@scott-hs4pt2 жыл бұрын
Best sweets ever
@jonost2410 жыл бұрын
It's a shame Orchard Confectionery aren't still about.
@chris-ip4pk2 жыл бұрын
Don't know anyone who doesn't like them,I'm eating a pack of herbals right now,you got to keep buying these ,don't let another uk company close down,they need our support,maybe our kids will be able to enjoy them when their older too.
@jonost2410 жыл бұрын
I've gotta go out and buy some suck now!!
@lindaorchard808610 жыл бұрын
Herbal tablets my favorites sweets.
@liamwhitcombe123710 жыл бұрын
WITHAAHT A DAAHT THE BEST SUCK IN THE COUNTRY
@suikamanti6 жыл бұрын
"so you're redundant!" looool very friendly interviewer!! Great business. Great footage and amazing subjects. But Bad questions by an apathic interviewer. Having said that, I'm off to buy maself some Teddy Grey sweets!
@NelsonMinarАй бұрын
Upthumb if you saw this on Kottke
@scott-hs4pt2 жыл бұрын
And yow cor get na sweet like Teddy grays does them
@scott-hs4pt2 жыл бұрын
This is the most famous company in the Black Country but not only that it developed its own famous black county suck and this business is a family owned business not owed by council at all also its sweets date back to Victorian years
@stephensmitherman52436 жыл бұрын
Stephen Fry brought me here
@SamandSteve7 жыл бұрын
Bostin
@paulineedwards11984 жыл бұрын
I notice that ones were use in there hands with out gloves not good
@quantumeseboy9 жыл бұрын
Lets all have dental cavities!
@scott-hs4pt2 жыл бұрын
The rock don’t taste very nice sorry guys just didn’t enjoy them