I’d heard about this place a while back and it came with numerous recommendations. Situated in a non descript corner of Tipton in the West Midlands, I was told that Mad O’Rourkes was THE pie place to go to.
We visited Mad O’Rourkes as a pre cursor to the West Brom v Wigan game and as we approached the establishment it appeared to be heavily scaffolded up and my still empty tummy flipped as I thought “shit, […]
After launching the Life of Pies twitter account just a week ago, it is indeed heartening to see that we have 105 followers already leaving us in no doubt that we are indeed a nation of pie aficionados.
Now I’d love to send each and every one of you a virtual pie but that would take a structured, disciplined plan delivered with military style efficiency but as I’ve […]
FINNIGANS OF CREWE
I heard about this bakery in Crewe from a bunch of Wiganers of all people. There’s a very well put together nostalgia website called Wigan World, a real hive of information and great pictures and memories although some of the old boys […]