SPRINGFIELD SITE

NEWSYLETTER

SIMPSON were delighted to have the

opportunity to host an Open Evening

at our Springfield Chocolate Works

site on the evening of Tuesday 10

May.

Over a three hour period the site’s

open doors saw almost 500 visitors,

from local residents, members of the

public with an interest in the history

of the building, local business owners

and staff from care providers and

surgeries in the more wider

community.

Terry’s has always been a well known

landmark in the city and, as one of

York’s major employers since the

18th century, many people in the

area know someone who had worked

within these premises since the

building opened in the 1920’s.

The evening proved to be a

tremendous success; our visitors

were able to see the visuals and

plans for the building and ask the

Client team ques.ons, and the site

staff and Client heard lots of

interes.ng stories and history about

the building and people’s memories

of working there.

SIMPSON are already being asked to

host another Open Day following the

end of the project in Spring 2017 so

that local people can see the plans

come in to frui.on.

A BRIEF HISTORY...

SPRING 2016

Simpson (York) Ltd @simpsonyorkltd www.simpsonyork.co.uk

THANKS FROM THE CLIENT TEAM..

The con.nued growth of Terry’s in the early 20th century led to

the need for an extension of the exis.ng factory complex at

Clementhorpe. This was, however, prevented by the crea.on of

Rowntree’s Park in 1921. A greenfield site to the south of the

Clementhorpe premises was chosen. The designs for the

building complex were undertaken by the architects J G Davies

and L E Wade, with work commencing in 1924.

The buildings appear to have been in constructed in phases,

with the single storey building constructed first, and then the

clock and water tower, the liquor store, followed by the head

office. The factory and .me office were constructed a:erwards.

The building complex was completed by 1930.

It was also during this .me that Noel Terry began to construct

his new family home ‘Goddards’ located to the west of the new

factory complex. The building was designed in the Arts and

Cra:s architectural style and the name was taken from Noel

Terry’s middle name (Goddard). The building is s.ll extant and is

now occupied by the Na.onal Trust.

“The local kids would

look at the clock and

tell their mates that the

�me was Y past K”

Paul Hepworth

Thank you everyone for suppor.ng and helping to organise a very successful Pre-Development

Open Day at the Chocolate Works, York yesterday.

It appears we had approximately 500 people visit the building throughout the 3 hour period

which is phenomenal! Ini.al feedback is incredibly posi.ve and we have met some very

interes.ng people who have a connec.on with the building historically and also a number of

poten.al leads. Everybody was very posi.ve about our Care Village plans and how we are

planning to create a new and innova.ve care environment for older people in this iconic

building.

It bodes well for the overall success and future of the scheme. It also highlighted the successful

partnership working together with SIMPSON and our stakeholders and this fills me with a lot of

confidence that we can turn our vision into reality.

Graeme Lee, Group Chief Execu�ve Officer, Springfield Healthcare

Suppor+ng our local community and promo+ng

construc+on, SIMPSON were delighted to provide

work experience for Elliot who joined us from York

High School. Elliot visited the Springfield SIMPSON

site where he enjoyed seeing a live construc.on site.

OTHER SITE NEWS….

OPENING DOORS IN OUR COMMUNITY...

SITE NOMINATED CHARITY…

SIMPSON held a dress down day at Head Office, to

raise funds for the local demen.a charity, Demen.a

Forward. The event raised a total of £100.00.

Con.nuing in support of demen.a sufferers, Phil

Rhodes and the site team currently working on the

Terry’s site in York for Springfield Healthcare, are

arranging charity events to raise money and

awareness for demen.a, including a 10k run and the

Yorkshire Peaks Challenge.

“Lovely to wander around Terry’s this

evening.. It’s where I met my husband”

“Worked there as office junior in 1964 - 65. My

father worked in the boiler house for a couple

of years during 1964 - 68 approx”

Penelope Fidkin

“I enjoyed looking round, it will be nice if we

get the chance to look round again once it's

all done ”

Catherine Sotheran

“I'm looking forward to seeing it restored and

finished .. Going to go back and brave top floor

in the main factory where rework used to be

and see if s�ll haunted ”

Charlo#e Carlton

“Very interes�ng seeing the care with which the building

was originally constructed - and Simpson seem to be

doing a good job too. ” John Bryan

“ We used to sit on the toilet floors to eat our lunch.

Cornish pasty in one hand and a cig in the other. Not much

health and hygiene in them days ” Alison Raven

“Don't think Rowntrees factory is as well thought of

and fondly remembered as much as Terrys is ..

Something special about the place ”

“The �les are the thing I most remember about Terrys,

happy happy teenage days, some of the best years of my

life ” Maureen Parr

“Thanks for that fascina�ng tour ”

Josie Lobb

“I worked in the Moonlight department and

occasionally in the chocolate orange part

from 1992-1993”

Michael Eastwood

“Really enjoyed my visit and delighted that

it's being so though;ully revitalised. . ”

John Myerscough