Celebrating 100 Years of Bakery student support

To celebrate our 100 year anniversary we are taking a look back at the ABST throughout the years, and what it was like to be a trainee baker in 1925 right through to 2025. So get ready for a little bit of time travel, looking at how the baking industry has evolved since the organisation was formed 100 years ago!

Founding the organisation

The "Organisation" was founded in Birmingham in May 1925, at a meeting held at the United Yeast Company Ltd. by Mr. Hallett, with support of a number of Student Societies including Cardiff, Birmingham and London. From 1925-1932 we were simply known as "The Organisation" until 1932 when we renamed ourselves the National Federation of Bakery Students' Societies (N.F.B.S.S)

1950's Conference Programme

We have been very fortunate to have been given one of the original copies of the 1950 Conference Programme, which was given to Members that attended the Silver Jubilee Conference in Blackpool. To view an electronic copy to see how a 1950's conference was different to our conferences now see below.
Lob The Cob is introduced at the 2010 Annual Conference for students to compete against each other to see who can "Lob" the "Cob" the furthest and was a huge success. This has now become a conference favourite.