1. Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58

   …became an established drummer and teacher of drumming. In 1960, Marshall opened a music store in Hanwell, west London, selling drums and then branching out into guitars. {{Image url="Marshall_logo.svg" class="right" title="Marshall logo" width="2…

2. KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51

   …'s chocolate covered wafer bar was first introduced in [[England]] in 1935 and was renamed #%KitKat#% in 1937. The best selling chocolate bar in the world began life in [[Yorkshire]]. This product was developed as a four-finger wafer crisp, launc…
   …on bars a day. So why not ‘Have a Break’ have a KitKat! {{Image src="Kitkat4finger.png" title="Modern look of top selling snack bar " }}…

3. Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37

   …Christie == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[Literature]]:[[1800s]] The Guinness Book of World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion. === Torquay England 1890 === Born **Agatha Mary Clarissa…

4. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19

   …s now in fourth place in the all time best sellers list, behind the Bible, the Koran and Mao-Tse-Tung's Little Red Book selling around **150 million** copies since 1908. == Links == [[http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/ Scout base]] [[http://www.scout.…

5. Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38

   …und almonds ~- 4 medium eggs ~- Half a tsp vanilla extract ~- 2 tbsp rose-water == Ahead of her Time == Agnes began to selling her hand-held, edible ice cream cone and they would soon go on to replace the unhygienic glass 'licks' that ice cream s…

6. Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19

   …-bon” sugared almond, wrapped in a twist of tissue paper. He added a motto inside the sweet and had moderate success selling it in Britain. {{Image url="christmas-cracker.jpg" class="left" title="christmas cracker" width="" }} He tried adding …

7. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08

   …axoSmithKline"". The largest markets for Horlicks today are the UK, India and Malaysia. It is ""GlaxoSmithKline's"" top selling product in Malaysia. In 1930 Horlicks even had an Antarctic mountain named after it. == Links == [[http://www.deanwe…

8. Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11

   … }} Eventually relocating to New York City, he worked as a candle-maker, and in 1806 he went into business for himself, selling soap, candles, and starch. After several years of financial struggle, **William Colgate & Company ** prospered in the 1…
   …820s selling Windsor toilet soaps and Pearl starch. Thirteen years after his death in 1857, the company began selling toothpaste, and in 1893 it introduced toothpaste in a tube.…

9. Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39

   …d incandescent lamps for indoor use. Crompton immediately saw the potential and, within a couple of years, his firm was selling Swan's lamps and the generating equipment to go with them. == History == Toasting bread began as a method of prolongi…

10. Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56

    …lly called Banoffee Pie. ::c:: == Very Popular == The pie was so popular it soon went global. Some supermarkets began selling it as an American pie much to the dismay of [[http://iandowding.co.uk/ Dowding]] and Mackenzie. This lead Nigel Macken…

11. Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21

    …n 1992 Dyson takes out Patent # 5,090,976 (US) for Dual cyclonic vacuum cleaner. By 1995 The Dyson DC01 became the best-selling vacuum cleaner in the UK. == Competition Regrets == Hoover's vice president for Europe, Mike Rutter, said on U.K. nat…

12. Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45

    …[[CategoryFood]]::[[1800s]] William Kitchiner’s 1822 cookbook Apicius Redivivus **'The Cook’s Oracle'** was a best selling book in Britain //and// the USA. It includes the first recipe for potato crisps: “**Potatoes fried in Slices or Sha…

13. Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49

    …}} Around **450 million** Harry Potter books had been sold in 73 different languages as of mid-2013, making it the best-selling book series of all time. Harry Potter is a global brand worth around** £10 billion**, and the last four Harry Potter …
    …books have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history. == Family Home == {{Image url="Rowling_home.jpg" class="left" title="Rowling home" width="300" }} …

14. Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25

    …er, producer and musician from Cleethorpes, [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]], wrote the iconic title track for the **best-selling album** ever **Thriller** by **Michael Jackson**. {{Image url="Thrillercover.jpg" class="left" title="Thriller cover"…

15. Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29

    ….8 million. It reached £624.45 million ($1b) in sales after just three days on September 20 2013. It is the fastest selling entertainment product in history. {{Image url="Grand-Theft-Auto.jpg" class="left" title="Grand Theft Auto" width="300"…

16. Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52

    …"London" death_date="22 December 1943" death_place="Sawrey" }} {{toc}} Beatrix Potter is still one of the world's best-selling and best-loved children's authors. She wrote and illustrated 28 books that have been translated into more than 35 langu…

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