Price List from Crawford's Biscuits catalogue 1936 : William Crawford & Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, Liverpool and London : 1936 - pages 2 and 3
A page from the Crawford's 1936 price list that forms part of a fine fold out desk calendar and desk blotter that the company issued on an annual basis during the inter-war years. The left hand fold contains a well printed colour catalogue showing 28 pages of their biscuit range both pre-packed and loose for sale by weight.
These pages show the large tins - or 'drums' - of branded biscuits that were usually displayed in grocers in large display cabinets with hinged glass tops allowing the assistant to weigh out the loose biscuits for the customer. The prcie per pound is shown in shillings and pence. Mostly sweet biscuits several of Crawford's biggest lines are shown here including Rover Assorted, Savoy Assorted and Everytime Assorted Biscuits. Some of these were also available in smaller sealed boxes for retail sale. Crawford's Cheese Biscuits are also shown here sold loose.
William Crawford & Sons were a well-known biscuit manufacturer's and national brand who in 1856 had acquired a bakery in Leith; the 1813 establishment date they always quoted refers to the original opening of a bakers of ships biscuits that formed the original concern. The company grew and when their new and highly mechanised plant in Liverpool opened in 1897 they were amongst the biggest biscuit makers in the UK. They would, in 1960, be acquired by United Biscuits and the brand is still available.
Price List from Crawford's Biscuits catalogue 1936 : William Crawford & Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, Liverpool and London : 1936 - pages 2 and 3
A page from the Crawford's 1936 price list that forms part of a fine fold out desk calendar and desk blotter that the company issued on an annual basis during the inter-war years. The left hand fold contains a well printed colour catalogue showing 28 pages of their biscuit range both pre-packed and loose for sale by weight.
These pages show the large tins - or 'drums' - of branded biscuits that were usually displayed in grocers in large display cabinets with hinged glass tops allowing the assistant to weigh out the loose biscuits for the customer. The prcie per pound is shown in shillings and pence. Mostly sweet biscuits several of Crawford's biggest lines are shown here including Rover Assorted, Savoy Assorted and Everytime Assorted Biscuits. Some of these were also available in smaller sealed boxes for retail sale. Crawford's Cheese Biscuits are also shown here sold loose.
William Crawford & Sons were a well-known biscuit manufacturer's and national brand who in 1856 had acquired a bakery in Leith; the 1813 establishment date they always quoted refers to the original opening of a bakers of ships biscuits that formed the original concern. The company grew and when their new and highly mechanised plant in Liverpool opened in 1897 they were amongst the biggest biscuit makers in the UK. They would, in 1960, be acquired by United Biscuits and the brand is still available.