Dawsons clod on a barm

The shop on Manchester Road opposite the cemetary gates used to sell huge pasties. When I was at Bedford High we always used to go at lunchtime for a pastie on a .

They were Dawson's ones - I used to get the very same when I was at Bedford

Don't remember Dawson's pasties being that big whenever I went in their shop. The ones I'm on about were that big you almost needed 2 barms for the 1 pastie.

Positive that they're Dawson's ones as they are the ones they sell at Heaton's shop on Kirkhall Lane.

Does anyone remember 'Slappy's' in Railway Road. When I was at Leigh College in Railway Road many years ago, I used to cross the road and go into a shop which we all called Slappy's. A guy in the shop used to wear a blood marked apron and his wife would make you a slappy. A slappy is a pie on a barm. It was cheap and kept you going and with the money saved you could go to the Miners and have a game of snooker and 1/2 pint.
I dont think they were the best quality in Leigh, Taylors farther down Railway Road had nicer pies at that time.
I always thought the name slappy was a Leigh thing but it was well kown in the north.

How can anyone like Dawsons pies. You can only eat um cold int thand. Too bloody runny and too much pepper. You need bloody lumps of prator and meight not mush.

You've just given yourself away as an 'interloper'.......anyone from t'Green knows it as t'top shop!!


They do do very passable 'savoury pastry products', but they lose points as their 'Lobby' has got fekkin' carrots in it!!



Sargents for pasties
Greenhalghs for a meat and prater

Can't believe no one has mentioned Yates & Greers 'Growlers' yet!!!

Only lived on Green for 27 years.

Well, if you're new to the area I suppose I'll have to let you off that one!!

Just had lobby ( with carrots ) for tea topped off with a crust , peas and onions in vinegar

I think you'll find that what you've just had was a pie!!!!

Ten Hail Marys, and stop this blasphemy now!!!

The Lobby God laid it out in the commandments:

[i1.) Thou shall have no other God but John Woods.
2.) Thou shalt NOT besmirch thy Lobby with carrots!!
3.) Thou shalt not encase thy Lobby with pastry, for this is a graven image which is worshipped by the un-believers!![/i

I believe there are some others, but these are the important ones!!

Amen brother!!

Separate crust

Well my memory is going now but I think that was Cleminsons at the side of the Journal office and same block as the Post Office on Railway Rd. One of the owners sons beat me up about 50 years ago. I'll get him back one of these days.

What would you do if he is the saint at them pearly gates?

Ask him does his Dad still do vanilla slices.

That won't be a problem for frank , he has already sold his soul to somebody else

Just so anyone reading Starbugs comment is baffled I would just like to put on record it is not that little imp.

Cheers matey.

Love Claphams pies both meat & prater and meat. And Fishers pork pies, can't stand Yates Greers. Also quite partial to a Steak Bake from Greggs.

Tried a Feta + Spinach pastie today from Waterfields it wasn't to bad as well

Not quite pies and pasties , but Waterfields used to do an apple and vanilla doughnut

Bet you can't buy pasties Florentine anywhere else. Not for the first time Leyth leads the way.

They are quite popular in Crete Frank - had them many times!!

I can't see it converting the masses from their daily Gregg's sausage roll.