You could buy 'singing lily' at the bakers at the top of Windermere Road, the one apposite the job . That was a couple of years back, don't know if they still sell it now.

Is that the same as 'flat cake'?? - raisins, etc in a short crust pastry 'cover'........best served plastered in butter while still warm from the oven!!

On the subject of 'pobs' - can remember as a kid, if I had to undergo any 'work' at the dentists that required gas or needle, I'd get the rest of the day off school......and my Mum would always make me pobs - so I didn't have to chew!!!



Irony is though - what with the sugar in it....was probably contributing to the tooth decay anyway!!!

yes they do

Yup thats the one WMFC but we couldnt afford butter so with marg.

My Grandad use to eat Spam and Apple butties, may sounds awful but believe me they are fantastic...

My favourite is toasted white bread then marg strawberry jam peanut butter and banana.

Anybody remember having a 'slappy' from the pie shop opposite the old college building on Railway road, its a meat and prater pie on a large slapped together.

I remeber getting pasty s from the shop near the Boundary pub on Manchester Road. The pasties were that big you had to eat half of it before you got to the bread

Had a Yates and greers 'growler' for me dinner today, not had one for ages went past the shop and bang I was in.

When I was a young 'rookie' at Leigh nick in the 70's we used to have newly baked ones from the factory first thing in the morning when on earlies, no 'jelly on top though as they were too warm.