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Peek Frean Cheeselets Retail Tin 1920s/30s

Peek, Frean & Co were established in 1857 in Bermondsey. Although still existing abroad, the firm ceased to operate in UK in 1989.

Perhaps showing my age, I can still remember biscuits being sold loose from tins and cardboard boxes like this one (in the 1950s & early 60s), especially in shops such as the Home & Colonial. We used to buy loose Jammie Dodgers from cardboard boxes for our milk break in my junior school, 2 for a halfpenny. This tin boasts of being By Appointment to HM King George V.

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Uploaded on September 25, 2011
Taken on September 25, 2011