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Radio Humberside,03 Feb 2026,11 mins

When Needler’s sweet factory sang for the nation

Hidden East Yorkshire

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A lost BBC broadcast resurfaces from a Hull sweet factory. Voices from 1949 echo through time. This is the story of Needler’s and how it grew from a simple shop to a huge factory and the man behind it all: Fred Needler. Produced and edited by Gill Sennett.

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