The iconic label of HP Sauce - which was invented in Nottingham - is changing for the first time in its 124-year history.

Heinz has announced that the label will change from June.

The 'HP' in the name stands for the Houses of Parliament, and an image of Westminster features on the label.

But there is currently scaffolding around the Elizabeth Tower - home to the bell 'Big Ben' - and this has now been updated on the bottle label.

Although the label has been tweaked over the years, this is the first major change to the picture of the Houses of Parliament on bottles.

Old and new
Old and new

HP Sauce was invented by Nottingham shopkeeper Frederick Gibson Garton in 1895.

Mr Garton, who had a shop in Milton Street, came up with the recipe for the famous sauce in his pickles and sauce factory in New Basford.

Its ingredients were vinegar, water, tomato puree, garlic, tamarind, ground mace, cloves and ginger, shallots, cayenne pepper, raisins, soy, flour.

But he was not to benefit from his creation.

In 1899 he had a meeting with one of his suppliers whose account he had been slow to settle, Edwin Samson Moore of the Midland Vinegar Company of Aston Cross, Birmingham.

To pay his debt, he handed over the name and recipe for HP Sauce - for just £150.

The changes in detail
The changes in detail

Mr Garton's name did stay on the bottle for several years, but it would make a fortune for the Birmingham company, not himself.

In fact his agreement with Moore obliged him not only to help develop the product in Birmingham, but to stay out of the sauce and chutney markets.

He later realised he had missed out on a fortune. According to his son John, he forbade all talk of HP Sauce, and would not even have a bottle in the house.

An old advert for HP Sauce
An old advert for HP Sauce

But there were to be painful reminders for the family - John's nickname at Nottingham High School was HP.

Mr Garton later made a name for himself as a merchant specialising in bacon and Stilton. He died, aged 80, in 1942.

In 2007, production of the sauce at the Aston Cross factory ended after 108 years, and it was moved to the Netherlands.

The redesigned bottle
The redesigned bottle

Bottles of the sauce with the new label will be available nationwide from June, and until the restoration of the tower is complete.