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By Chris Robinson and Jonathan Swingler
BBC News
image captionWomen packaging Easter eggs inside the Fawdon factory in the 1960s
For more than 60 years a small part of Newcastle has enjoyed the sweet taste of success.
But there are fears almost 500 jobs will be lost at Nestlé in Fawdon, after the global food giant announced plans to focus production elsewhere.
Countless confectionery has rolled off the production line at the former Rowntree Mackintosh factory over the years, including Fruit Pastilles, Lion Bars, Smarties, KitKats and Rolos.
While its fate remains to be sealed, its colourful past holds many memories for the generations of families who walked through its doors.
British chocolate-maker Rowntree apologises for shameful role in slave trade and oppressive practices in apartheid-era South Africa that are at odds with its founding Quaker values after researching its history post-BLM
The Rowntree Society, which promotes the history of the company, carried out the research into its past in the wake of the recent Black Lives Matter movement
Research has revealed that the company may have profited from the slave trade
The society has said no evidence was found that showed the company directly owned or traded in enslaved people but said more investigation was needed