This photo gallery take you inside the Fox's Biscuits factory in the early 1970s. Your Yorkshire Evening Post was treated to a tour of the production lines in February 1971. Eagle-eyed biscuit fans will notice Party Rings are not featured in the photos - they were not launched until 1983. READ MORE: 31 photos to take you back to Batley in 1996 YEP RERO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of nostalgia
3. Fox's Biscuits
In 1853 Michael Spedding baked his very first batch and within a few years he was selling to shows, shops, and traders from his Batley bakery. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Fox's Biscuits
Michael’s son-in-law, Fred Ellis Fox, took over in 1897. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Fox's Biscuits
He renamed it F E Fox & Co – and that’s where the firm gets its name. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Fox's Biscuits
Over the past 160 years the firm has branched out from brandy snaps thanks to Fox’s Crinkle Crunch through to decadent Fox’s Chocolatey Rounds. | YPN Photo: YPN