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 | | Carr had been involved in his brother’s biscuit factory, and disliked the experience, but while he was considering the offer, Frean’s letter tucked in his pocket, he was granted a sign. |
 | | This was a great leap forward for biscuit making: where biscuits had been rock hard, the Pearl was soft, crisp and crumbly, and without “docker-holes” – the pin holes punched in the biscuit to stop it blowing up like a football in the oven. |
 | | Chocolate Table – the first chocolate coated biscuit, in 1899, the Golden Puff in 1909, the first cream sandwich biscuit, the Bourbon, in 1910, the Shortcake in 1912, Cheeselets and Twiglets in the inter war years. |
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