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The World s Largest Pie...... Denby Dale, Yorkshire : The World s largest meat

The World s Largest Pie......
Denby Dale, Yorkshire : The World s largest meat and potatoe pie - The Denby Dale Pie - leaves the bakehouse here today for the " Pie - Field " where it was to be cut up and sold to the thousands of visitors in aid of charity.
The baking of the pie was started at noon yesterday, and into the pie has gone 4, 500 lbs of beef, one and a half tons of potatoes, one and a half cwt of seasoning, ten cwt of flour and six cwt of fat, salt and baking powder.
The village has been famous for its mammoth pies since 1788 when the first pie was cooked to commemorate the recovery of King George III from a mental illness. Since that time the pie has been baked at different occasions, the last being in 1928. Today s ceremony was to commemorate the recent Royal births.
5 September 1964

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An Ash Wednesday City of London custom . Spiced buns and beer served in accordance

An Ash Wednesday City of London custom .
Spiced buns and beer served in accordance with ancient custom after the attendance of the Liverymen at the Ash Wednesday service at St Paul s Cathedral .
26th February 1936

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Sussex farm run by German ex-POWs. Bryckden lane farm, Waldron, Sussex, is a perfectly

Sussex farm run by German ex-POWs. Bryckden lane farm, Waldron, Sussex, is a perfectly run farm with the most modern dairy for a T.T. tested herd. entirely staffed by Germans. The Germans are entirely free and have either returned to or elected to remain in this country, where they arrived druing the war as POWs. Mrs J. V. Dawson, owner of the farm, claims there is no favouritism. She found them keen, and hardworking and was delighted to have them when labour was impossible to get owing to the isolated locaton of the farm.
1949

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