Originally a small shop opened in Scotland in 1813 by William Crawford, Crawford's Biscuits later became a well-known name on Merseyside. Well-known for its delicious shortbread by the 1890s Crawford and Sons, the biscuit manufacturers, built a large factory in Fairfield and welcomed generations of employees. William Crawford died in 1889 as a well-respected figure in Leith and Edinburgh. He was succeeded as principal of the firm by his son, William Crawford (1858 – 1926), a man of a retiring disposition. It would be due to the efforts of the son that the family firm would grow to national scale.

Turkish food giant gobbles up United Biscuits". The Daily Telegraph. 3 November 2014 . Retrieved 5 November 2014. We made Bandit, we made shortbread. When a line went down you’d get sent anywhere in the factory. You’d be lifting the frames off the shortbread as they came out the oven and you ate as much as you took out. The smells were lovely." William's eldest son, William Crawford (1858–1926), became a partner of the business in 1880 and expanded it further. It was then known as Crawford and Sons. [ citation needed]

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We need to eat a small amount of fat in our diets to support a number of bodily processes and for the absorption of some vitamins (fat-soluble vitamins). We should choose unsaturated fats, oils and spreads, rather than animal fats and eat them in small amounts. Unsaturated fats include vegetable, olive oil, rapeseed and sunflower oils. Food and drinks high in fat and/or sugar In 1938, Crawford's carried out the first ever British national biscuit survey, interviewing approximately 5,000 households. [12]

Tracey Kavanagh said: "My mum worked there till it closed.. Use to have Christmas party's for the kids.. Great memories." The Leith factory was largely rebuilt in 1906, and covered a quarter of an acre. The factory employed 150 men and boys by 1911. William Crawford & Sons was the largest privately-owned biscuit manufacturer in Britain by 1962. Its best known product was shortbread. The business employed 3,000 people in Liverpool, and 1,000 in Leith. Emma said her dad remembers doing a fancy dress collection every year at Crawford's. She said: "He said he loved working there as there was a real sense of camaraderie. There was plenty of things that they put on for the workers, like the club. He also enjoyed the chess club that one of his managers got him into." Your diet should provide the right amount of food for your energy needs and a variety of food from the main food groups to ensure your body gets all the right nutrients. The Eatwell Guide shows the five main food groups that make up our diet, and the proportions we should eat them in to have a healthy, balanced diet.A former Liverpool biscuit factory known for creating family favourite confectionary was a place where workers "made friends for life." Top tip: Wholegrain varieties of bread and pasta, brown rice and potatoes with skins on provide more fibre! Milk and dairy foods Rapeseed), Humectant (Glycerine), Glucose Syrup, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Dried Whole Egg, Milk Proteins, Dried Egg White,

Lisa Sibbald (2018), "Crawford's Biscuits", A-Z of Leith Places-People-History, Amberley Publishing, p.32, ISBN 9781445682068 William Crawford & Sons ranked among the largest British biscuit manufacturers by 1929. It was the fourth largest biscuit manufacturer in Britain in 1939, with a market share by volume of 14 percent. As well as eating the right foods in the right amounts, physical activity is an important part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. It is recommended that adults aim to be physically active every day and undertake at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week, or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity a week, but more is better. It’s also important to do strengthening activities that work all major muscle groups at least twice a week, as well as to reduce the time sitting or lying down. Emma said: "My dad worked there from leaving school until it closed. He was in the chocolate refinery. My mum worked as a lab technician, testing samples until she had me in 1978. That’s how they met. She would go down to the factory floor to collect samples to test and he would help her collect the chocolate samples. My mum gave up work when she had us." William Crawford & Sons employed hundreds of people at its factories at Leith and Liverpool by 1923. By this time the company claimed to be “the oldest of the biscuit manufacturers”.

Dot Molyneux, from Stoneycroft, worked at Crawford's from 1970 to 1978, originally working on the night shift before moving to work in the day. Her son said he had fond memories of friends Peggy and Francis who she met in the factory. Crawfords Biscuits at Binns Road circa 1957/58. The girls in the Sample Department having a tea break (Image: Trinity Mirror/Liverpool Echo) Parkinson, Gary (26 October 2006). "Private-equity companies snap up United Biscuits in a [pound]1.6bn". The Independent . Retrieved 12 April 2007. David Casey said: "My dad worked in the factory until 1985 as an ovens man and I worked there from 1988 until 2001. Good days and great people. Pity the factory had to close." Dot Molyneux (second in from the right) with colleagues at the former Crawfords factory (Image: Dot Molyneux)