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Webers of Fishponds

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Mr Weber opened his chocolate factory on Goodneston Road, in Fishponds, in 1914 and joined the well established Bristol chocolate industry which included
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After the war, Mr Weber's son took over the running of the factory until it closed in 1964. The site is now owned by
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and by January 1942 they were manufacturing breech casings and barrels for
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Fishponds
Bristol

Oerlikon 20mm cannons
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