Colours from the Biscuit Capital of the World

Week 51 is Khaki, Tan, Sky Blue & Pale Gold,

‘Accidentally consumed five biscuits when I wasn't paying attention. Those biscuits are wily fellows - they leap in like sugary ninjas’ - Charles Dickens

Just over a week to go before Christmas and I’m continuing December’s theme of ‘Treats’. Where we live in Berkshire, England our closest town is Reading. It’s named after the original settlers, an 8th century Anglo-Saxon tribe, and it’s a town that owes a large part of it’s development to the largest biscuit maker in the world.

Huntley and Palmers were founded in 1822 and were synonymous with Reading until the closure of their factory in the 1970s. The company left their stamp on the heritage of Reading and also made enormous cultural contributions in the 19th and 20th centuries with their beautifully illustrated print adverts and their elaborately designed biscuit tins.