Walkers crisps origin

[st albans fox]

i was reading something yesterday that mentioned where walkers crisps had come from which differs from the narrative.  we know (because we’re told)  that walkers (the butchers) created walkers crisps in 1948.  What I read yesterday is that walkers the butchers bought a local business called Farleigh crisps in 1948.  Farleigh was founded during the war in St Peter’s road. 
 

so walkers crisps were created as effectively a rebrand of Farleigh crisps.  
 

The generation above me have all passed so I can’t follow this up.  There’s nothing on the net. Apparently Farleighs  crisps were v popular in the local pubs.  Can anyone with a grandparent or parent in their nineties follow this up ?   

[kushiro]

It's strange that the Walkers story is shrouded in mystery. I've struggled to find a definitive version of what happened in the late 1940s. I do know though that Farleighs and Walkers were being advertised in Leicester newspapers simultaneously  - these are both from January 1950:

 

 

 

Does that tell us that they were seperate, rival companies? I'm not sure. Further investigation needed.

[urban.spaceman]

Potatoes?

[st albans fox]

5 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Potatoes?

Yes - very good 

though not worth a laughing emoji 😄

[urban.spaceman]

9 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Yes - very good 

though not worth a laughing emoji 😄

[Parafox]

Walkers crisps used to have the production facility on Barkby Road very close to where I lived as a youth,

 

They used to discard the crisps that didn't pass quality control into bins that were destined for pig feed. Me and my mates used to sneak down the side to get to the bins and fill bags of crisps from those bins. Lovely and very salty, a bit over-flavoured but often, just broken. Completely edible.

 

Happy days.

[NAKC20]

So if things had turned out different we could have been playing in the Farleighs Stadium

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, NAKC20 said:

So if things had turned out different we could have been playing in the Farleighs Stadium

Ha - most footballers are like big babies 😄