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[leschip]

Stopped off at Ray's the other day as sometimes only a pie will do (must be a bloke thing). That started me thinking of bakers and confectioners in Prescot when I was growing up: Ray's - Peg-leg Williams- Clook's- Cubbons- Lyons - Cousin's- Fyldes and Berry. Whittle's also sold their own pork pies. Fylde's & Berry sold the tastiest Meat & Spud Pie. Peg-Leg Williams would sell his own gravy if you took your own jug. Anyone remember other bakers and what about Rainhill & Whiston??

[jvy20]

Les,

I think Seddons had a bakery as well - it was situated where the garage is now in St Helens Road opposite Grovenor Road

J

[leschip]

Good shout, John. I also forgot about the Co-op bakery, next to the Welsh Chapel in Cook Street.

[GeoffB]

I don't get back to Prescot very often these days but when I do I try to time it so I can get to Rays - their beef pies are my favourite.

I of course remember Fyldes and Berry - the Berry was my Auntie Nell (Ellen)
I had a Saturday and school holiday job there - the pies were good but my favourite was the staff lunch
- once all the baking was finished a tray of bacon would go into the ovens and we would have bacon butties with still warm bread!

Geoff Berry

[gypsygeoff]

Rainhill village had Welsby's,the smell wafted all overe the village.

[morgan]

Does anyone remember Sandybank bakery at Towyn? Just thinking of it makes me hungry.

[leschip]

GeoffB, ex Kingsway?

[jvy20]

leschip, on 23 December 2011 - 01:06 PM, said:

. I also forgot about the Co-op bakery, next to the Welsh Chapel in Cook Street.

Pretty sure it was Brook St not Cook St

John

leschip, on 23 December 2011 - 01:06 PM, said:

. I also forgot about the Co-op bakery, next to the Welsh Chapel in Cook Street.

Pretty sure it was Brook St not Cook St

John

gypsygeoff, on 23 December 2011 - 08:21 PM, said:

Rainhill village had Welsby's

My better half tells me it was situated more or less where Waterfields is now

[GeoffB]

leschip, on 24 December 2011 - 08:15 AM, said:

GeoffB, ex Kingsway?

No sorry - lived Columbia Road

[leschip]

John, you are spot on I always mixed those 2 streets up.

[stephen nulty]

Lyons on Kemble Street was my favourite, and I was still going there for my lunch in the mid 1980's.

Now it's Ray's, complete with a shameless link to my Roll of Honour entry for Herbert Ray, whose daughter founded the business in 1924



http://www.prescot-r...erbert_Ray.html

[Olliebeak]

morgan, on 23 December 2011 - 08:58 PM, said:

Does anyone remember Sandybank bakery at Towyn? Just thinking of it makes me hungry.

I do, morgan - just along the road leading to the fairground. Great little bakery!


Was there a bakery/pie shop called Lievesley's - that name seems to stick out in my mind for some reason.

[gilly]

lieveslys bakery was in charles st behind the town hall

[SKYMAN]

i think lieveslys closed down recently my friend.

Edited by SKYMAN, 03 January 2012 - 07:24 PM.

[gilly]

SKYMAN, on 03 January 2012 - 07:23 PM, said:

i think lieveslys closed down recently my friend.

Sammy died yrs ago and the business carried on under his son in law's guidence,When he retired the business was sold but retained the name,but yes i think it has now closed.