About Walker's Nonsuch Salted Caramel Toffees Gift Box
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The story of Walker's Nonsuch Salted Caramel Toffees Gift Box
The quietest room in the house
Open some Walker's and the conversation stops. Not out of politeness. Everyone's jaw is simply busy. You know the drill: one goes in, a hand is already reaching for the next, and somebody insists they are only having the one. The name on the front is Walker's Nonsuch, the toffee people from Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. If you grew up with that name, you already know how long you will be quiet.
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A potter walks into a sweetshop
Stoke-on-Trent is famous for pots, so naturally the toffee came from a potter. Edward Joseph Walker, a former potter, bought a small sweetshop in Longton and began making toffee with a secret recipe. That was 1894, and he founded the company with his son, Edward Victor Walker. The recipe stayed a secret. The toffee did not stay in one small shop. Not a bad swap for a kiln.
Bigger factory, same family
Edward Victor later grew the business into a larger factory, one that had previously belonged to Horleston Brothers Ltd, boiled sweet manufacturers. So the building already knew its way around sugar, which feels about right. Walker's Nonsuch marked its 125th anniversary by describing itself as an independent family company and one of England's finest and oldest makers of traditional toffee. A trade-press feature has since marked 130 years. Plenty of firms talk about tradition. Not many have a potter's sweetshop to show for it.
Nobody asks, somebody produces it
Toffee has its own spot in British life. It lives in the sideboard, comes out when people visit, and gets passed along the sofa halfway through the film. Nobody ever asks for it. Somebody always produces it, and nobody says no. Hand some to a person who misses home and watch them go very quiet, very fast. Whoever takes the last one will swear they thought it was the second to last.