One of the UK’s largest-ever auctions on antique biscuit tins will take place in Scotland this week. Going under the hammer in Glasgow this Friday, the Lewis Collection has amassed 293 biscuit tins ...

Barrie Lewis ran Lewis Foods Wholesale for 62 years after starting trading on market stalls including Smethwick, Walsall and Bromsgrove as well as West Bromwich, He later moved the business to Spon ...

It all began in 1978 at a flea market in York. Tucked between glass baubles and scuffed treasures, Marjorie Birch spotted a faded, blue-and-white typewriter ribbon tin with “Chesapeake brand” printed ...

In the 19th century a series of events seemed to work in tandem to bring about the dawn of the quintessentially British biscuit tin. In 1861 the Licensed Grocer’s Act meant grocery items could be ...

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