Blackeby Old Sweet Shop is Adelaide's biggest lolly shop! A huge range of Australian, US and UK candy, drinks, chocolate and a whole lot more!
In 1883, at the tender age of 14, William A Blackeby was the first indentured apprentice to be registered in South Australia in any trade. His trade was confectionery, and he was apprenticed to Thomas Ransley, who had manufactured sweets for his stall at the Adelaide Central Market since before 1880. Little did he know at the time that through a series of life’s twists and turns, his son William (Bill) Edward Blackeby would later purchase Ransley’s stall, and today that confectionery stall (number 33) continues to sell Blackeby’s sweets and is perhaps the oldest trader in the Central Market.
Thomas Ransley was yo become his father=in-law.
In 1883, at the tender age of 14, William A Blackeby was the first indentured apprentice to be registered in South Australia in any trade. His trade was confectionery, and he was apprenticed to Thomas Ransley, who had manufactured sweets for his stall at the Adelaide Central Market since before 1880. Little did he know at the time that through a series of life’s twists and turns, his son William (Bill) Edward Blackeby would later purchase Ransley’s stall, and today that confectionery stall (number 33) continues to sell Blackeby’s sweets and is perhaps the oldest trader in the Central Market.
Thomas Ransley was yo become his father=in-law.
Blackeby Old Sweet Shop is Adelaide's biggest lolly shop! A huge range of Australian, US and UK candy, drinks, chocolate and a whole lot more!
In 1883, at the tender age of 14, William A Blackeby was the first indentured apprentice to be registered in South Australia in any trade. His trade was confectionery, and he was apprenticed to Thomas Ransley, who had manufactured sweets for his stall at the Adelaide Central Market since before 1880. Little did he know at the time that through a series of life’s twists and turns, his son William (Bill) Edward Blackeby would later purchase Ransley’s stall, and today that confectionery stall (number 33) continues to sell Blackeby’s sweets and is perhaps the oldest trader in the Central Market.
Thomas Ransley was yo become his father=in-law.
In 1883, at the tender age of 14, William A Blackeby was the first indentured apprentice to be registered in South Australia in any trade. His trade was confectionery, and he was apprenticed to Thomas Ransley, who had manufactured sweets for his stall at the Adelaide Central Market since before 1880. Little did he know at the time that through a series of life’s twists and turns, his son William (Bill) Edward Blackeby would later purchase Ransley’s stall, and today that confectionery stall (number 33) continues to sell Blackeby’s sweets and is perhaps the oldest trader in the Central Market.
Thomas Ransley was yo become his father=in-law.
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