control & dropped the 'Kitchen' altogether. With the decline in candle-making, the Sino-Japanese war (much of Charles Upfold's exports went to China – he had warehouses in Canton and his son Robert spoke Cantonese), coupled with the now ageing plant, the Newcastle factory was closed down just before World War II, a great blow to the city. A new factory for the Australian Wire Rope Works was built upon its site. A very long street in the suburb of Mayfield is named Upfold Street after the great man himself. Upfold was buried in the Congregational section of the Gore Hill Cemetery, Sydney, his funeral service was conducted by a Church of England minister, Rev. Alfred G.Perkins. There were numerous notices and obituaries in the newspapers following his death. References Historical Records of Newcastle 1797–1897, published at Newcastle, N.S.W., in 1897, pps: 19,68,71, and adverts. The Federal Directory of Newcastle and District, Newcastle, 1901 (reprinted 1981, ) Lever Business in Australasia, 1889–1930 (no date) p. 20. The Story of John Knight Ltd in the Lever Brothers magazine Progress, Spring 1932, pp. 60/65. Charles Upfold and the Sydney Soap and Candle Factory by W. J. Goold, in the Monthly Journal of the Newcastle & Hunter District Historical Society; Vol. III, part VII, April 1949. "The Story of John Ambrose Kitchen" in the Unilever Australia Reporter, September 1956, pp. 20/23. The History of Unilever, by Charles Wilson, London: Cassell, 1970, pp. 15–17, 123–124, 197–198. Manufacturing in Newcastle 1801–1900 by John W. Turner, Newcastle, 1980, pp. 50–51,55–57, 66–68, 95–96. 1834 births 1919 deaths History of Newcastle, New South Wales Port Stephens Council English expatriates in Australia British chief executives People from Walworth 19th-century English businesspeople