Farley's Rusks, The Family Firm by Richard Trahair

The famous Farley's Rusks have been a staple diet for babies and young children for around 165 years and are still going strong. First the best part of sixty years the firm was run, and largely owned, by three generations of a single family.

Family member Richard Trehair tells the story of rusk manufacture in Plymouth, from its humble beginnings, through o the glory days and ultimately its tragic demise, The story is liberally brought to life through a host of historic photographs and advertisements, many in colour, from the comprehensive company archive which document one of the jewels of industrial history in South West England.