Baked Beans Tin

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Baked Beans Tin 12mm tall x 8mm wide 1:12 Scale In 1886, Heinz Baked Beans were first sold at the Fortnum & Mason department store in London. After opening its first overseas offic e in London in 1896, the company opened its first UK factory in Peckham, south London, in 1905. This was followed by a second factory at Harlesden, north-west London in 1919. Production was started at a former munitions factory at Standish near Wigan in 1946. A new factory opened in Kitt Green, also near Wigan, in 1958. Between 1941 and 1948, The Ministry of Food classified Heinz Baked Beans as an "essential food" as part of its wartime rationing system Show more