It Pays To Advertise

The five (or six) towns which now make up the City of Stoke on Trent, U.K. were the centres of the flourishing 18th and 19th Century manufacture of Pottery on an industrial scale.  Hence they were/are known as "The Potteries".

You'll known the famous names  "Wedgwood" and "Spode", but the Potteries were more than that.

Industrialisation meant that Mrs. and Mr. Ordinary could purchase decent cups, saucers, plates, teapots etc. at decent price.

The large workforce needed food for the lunch break.  Thus grew the famous Staffordshire Oatcake business.

Enterprising women caught on.  They would sell oatcakes from their front doors to the men as they walked to work.  ( The oatcakes were sometimes filled with ham, bacon or sausage).

FAST FOOD LONG BEFORE McDONALDS!

The Potteries have all but declined but the Staffordshire Oatcake lives on.

(Oatcakes are Crepes, made with Oats, Flour and Yeast).

The best of the best Staffordshire Oatcakes are made by  (hold your breath)  POVEY'S OATCAKES OF BIDDULPH.

My friend the Revd. Andrew McGowan, a maker of superb breads happened upon the Povey's website:  https://poveysoatcakes.com

Poveys Oatcakes can be shipped within the U.K.  (Made in the morning, shipped in the afternoon, delivered the next day; there's freshness for you).

I've sent Fresh Povey's Oatcakes to my three Povey brothers and to three Seminary class mates.

BUT  those of us on  side of the Atlantic have to make do with the Povey's Oatcake mixes. 

Mine arrived the other day

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