D.POLITI & SONS LTD LONDON,TURKISH DELIGHT TIN
The Old Politi Turkish Delight Works at Stamford Hill10 Manor Rd Royal Close, Hackney, London N16 5SE, UK
Like Maynard’s, Bassett’s and others, Politi was a representative of the Stoke Newington and Lea Valley sugar candy industry.
Rahat Locoum ( perfumed sweetness ) is a sugary gelatinous confection suggestive of the scent of roses and white or pink in cloudy color. In the UK it is known as “Turkish Delight” and imports, from the Ottoman Lands, substantially commenced in the 1830’s, when steam began to permit the rapid transit of the readily-spoiled sweetmeat through torrid climes.
In 1872 the Greek Jew, David Politi, emigrated to Britain.
Like many of his race, he settled in Stamford Hill and developed his Turkish Delight specialism within the local candy industry.
Politi “British Manufacture Turkish Delight” was an up-market Christmas delicacy divided into bite-sized chunks dusted in a mixture of cornflour and castor sugar to stop them coalescing into a sticky mass. The sweet was wrapped in cover-all paper and packed into 5.25-inch diameter wooden tubs 2.25 inches deep. A complementary wooden fork was packed inside atop the wrapping. Chocolate was not involved.
The premises, at 10 Manor Road, was built in 1911 and housed a 1901 Marshall
of Gainsborough horizontal steam engine that was still at work at least
as late as 1978, and also a 1950 standby inverted vertical made by
Sisson of Gloucester.
It is thought that both engines were still in use during the first half of the nineteen-eighties, but that by 1987 Politi’s had ceased to trade. It is also said that both engines were then removed to an unknown place for preservation.
Recently the premises was occupied by a Jewish manufacturing bakery and is now the Royal Furniture works. The factory next door specializes in making the distinctive black Homburg-type hats worn by conservative Orthodox Jewish males.
Rahat Locoum ( perfumed sweetness ) is a sugary gelatinous confection suggestive of the scent of roses and white or pink in cloudy color. In the UK it is known as “Turkish Delight” and imports, from the Ottoman Lands, substantially commenced in the 1830’s, when steam began to permit the rapid transit of the readily-spoiled sweetmeat through torrid climes.
In 1872 the Greek Jew, David Politi, emigrated to Britain.
Like many of his race, he settled in Stamford Hill and developed his Turkish Delight specialism within the local candy industry.
Politi “British Manufacture Turkish Delight” was an up-market Christmas delicacy divided into bite-sized chunks dusted in a mixture of cornflour and castor sugar to stop them coalescing into a sticky mass. The sweet was wrapped in cover-all paper and packed into 5.25-inch diameter wooden tubs 2.25 inches deep. A complementary wooden fork was packed inside atop the wrapping. Chocolate was not involved.
The premises, at 10 Manor Road, was built in 1911 and housed a 1901 Marshall
of Gainsborough horizontal steam engine that was still at work at least
as late as 1978, and also a 1950 standby inverted vertical made by
Sisson of Gloucester.It is thought that both engines were still in use during the first half of the nineteen-eighties, but that by 1987 Politi’s had ceased to trade. It is also said that both engines were then removed to an unknown place for preservation.
Recently the premises was occupied by a Jewish manufacturing bakery and is now the Royal Furniture works. The factory next door specializes in making the distinctive black Homburg-type hats worn by conservative Orthodox Jewish males.
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