Author: HF.

Venue: Manning’s, 33 Deardengate, Haslingden, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, BB4 5QN Facebook Site: Manning’s Bakers & Confectioners Pie: Mini Pork Pie Temperature as eaten: Cold Rating: 8.9 Manning’s Bakers and Confectioners of Rossendale have twelve shops across the North West of England, mostly in the Rossendale Valley, but all sandwiched between the M62 and the M65.  The one …

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Venue: Smith’s Bakers and Confectioners, 764 Manchester Rd, Rochdale .  OL11 3AW Facebook Site: Smiths Bakers and Confectioners Pie: Meat and Potato Temperature as eaten: Hot Rating: 8.0 Smith’s Bakers and Confectioner is another one of those places that you pass by in the car regularly and say to yourself, “I must stop one day and …

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Venue: The Spring Inn, 83 Broad Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 4PR Website Site: The Spring Inn Pie: Cheese and Onion Temperature as eaten: Hot Score: 9.0 Just before Lockdown V2, I decided it was about time I reviewed one of the best Cheese and Onion pies I’ve ever eaten.  Not quite as good as my mother’s …

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Venue: Greendale Farm Shop, Sidmouth Road, Nr Farringdon, Exeter. EX5 2JU Website: Greendale.com Pie: Okemoor’s Chicken Tikka Pie Temperature as eaten: Hot Pie Score: 8.7     So here we are, the last of my three reviews on pies that I purchased from the Greendale Farm Shop on a recent trip to Devon.  The pie …

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