Thomas Allinson mills stand to this day. Allinson's original bread recipe (100% whole grain flour, no fat, less yeast, more water) is still used today, though some lovers of Allinson bread report that it's not as hearty nowadays as it used to be. The advertising slogan for the brand since the 1980s is "Bread wi' nowt ["with nothing"] taken out". In 1911 Allinson bought the failing magazine Vanity Fair from Frank Harris. He failed to revive its fortunes and in 1914 Vanity Fair merged with "Hearth and Home". Thomas Allinson Thomas Richard Allinson (29 March 1858 – 1918) was a British doctor,
The Incredible Bread Machine The Incredible Bread Machine The Incredible Bread Machine is a text of political commentary written by R.W Grant in 1966, which discussed free market enterprise and Capitalism. The book had an accompanying fictional poem entitled "Tom Smith And His Incredible Bread Machine." The poem is about Tom Smith, the inventor of a machine that produces bread very cheaply. Smith's cheap bread feeds the world and he becomes very wealthy from his invention. However, Smith's government charges him with conducting illegal business practices and the price of bread soars.. The poem was later reissued in an illustrated hardcover format. In 1999,