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« Reply #45 on: June 04, 2008, 11:54:40 AM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
You'd have thought pork scratchings would have been the perfect by-product |
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« Reply #46 on: June 04, 2008, 11:58:33 AM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
I believe they did the as well You'd have thought pork scratchings would have been the perfect by-product |
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« Reply #47 on: June 04, 2008, 01:18:18 PM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
misuse of the word 'famous' surely |
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« Reply #48 on: June 04, 2008, 03:30:37 PM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
misuse of the word 'famous' surely Award winning mate |
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« Reply #49 on: June 04, 2008, 03:38:42 PM » |
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Of course, no discussion of the food of Leicestershire would be complete without considering Walker and Sons, manufacturer of high-quality potato crisps and other snack products. Henry Walker who founded the company in 1948 was a successful pork butcher who moved from Mansfield to Leicester in the 1880's to take over an established business in the high street. Mr Walker and his son offered quality meat and the business prospered, eventually moving to Cheapside in 1912. However, when the Second World War broke out meat was strictly rationed and even in 1948 Walker's shops were sold out by 10 a.m. every day. With a factory that was working at half-capacity, Mr Walker pondered over how he could make better use of his premises and work force. The company's managing director, Mr. R.E Gerrard, discovered potato crisps, which were enormously popular with the public but subject to rationing and the first Walkers production line came into being in the empty upper storey of Walker's Oxford Street factory in Leicester. During these early days the potatoes were sliced up by hand and cooked in an ordinary fish and chip fryer and Mr. Gerrard himself was the first cook. From this humble start, the public's love affair with crisps and Walkers began and crisp manufacture was here to stay. Today, Walkers is Britain's largest crisp manufacturer, employing over 4,000 people in 15 locations.
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« Reply #50 on: June 04, 2008, 04:23:11 PM » |
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wtf? "New" entry from 77dave? I think its pretty old, like MARCH. Ban please for incompetent diary keeping.
That entry was put on yesterday on his 'To Blog or not to blog' thread. Ban pls coz I don't like Alex lol lies, tell them about our 100k agreement, i want it in writing before you donk a wsop seat and win the whole thing. |
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« Reply #51 on: June 04, 2008, 05:30:24 PM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
misuse of the word 'famous' surely IAWWTAP. If you asked 100 people what 'Walkers' were famous for the vast majority would say crisps. Under my definition of the word 'famous' I still maintain that they are therefore most famous for crisps. I would be interested in Rookie's take on this. |
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« Reply #52 on: June 04, 2008, 05:31:32 PM » |
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wtf? "New" entry from 77dave? I think its pretty old, like MARCH. Ban please for incompetent diary keeping.
That entry was put on yesterday on his 'To Blog or not to blog' thread. Ban pls coz I don't like Alex lol lies, tell them about our 100k agreement, i want it in writing before you donk a wsop seat and win the whole thing. Lol, when Alex is worth £5m through poker he has to give me £100k. Shib. WSOP next year for me pls. |
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« Reply #53 on: June 04, 2008, 05:35:59 PM » |
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wtf? "New" entry from 77dave? I think its pretty old, like MARCH. Ban please for incompetent diary keeping.
That entry was put on yesterday on his 'To Blog or not to blog' thread. Ban pls coz I don't like Alex lol lies, tell them about our 100k agreement, i want it in writing before you donk a wsop seat and win the whole thing. Lol, when Alex is worth £5m through poker he has to give me £100k. Shib. WSOP next year for me pls. more chance of getting a **** off the pope! |
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« Reply #54 on: June 04, 2008, 05:42:58 PM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
misuse of the word 'famous' surely IAWWTAP. If you asked 100 people what 'Walkers' were famous for the vast majority would say crisps. Under my definition of the word 'famous' I still maintain that they are therefore most famous for crisps. I would be interested in Rookie's take on this. indeed if you asked the same 100 people the same question but made it multiple choice with the following answers a) pork pies b) pork pies c) pork pies d) none of the above very few would go for a, b or c. probs only the lazy ones who didn't read the question and decided to guess to save time |
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« Reply #55 on: June 04, 2008, 05:52:54 PM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
misuse of the word 'famous' surely IAWWTAP. If you asked 100 people what 'Walkers' were famous for the vast majority would say crisps. Under my definition of the word 'famous' I still maintain that they are therefore most famous for crisps. I would be interested in Rookie's take on this. # famous adj 1 well known; celebrated; renowned there are not degrees of fame are there.....in our family all Leicester people Walkers are famous for their pork pies nuff said. Oh and ask 100 people if Britains got talent is top quality entertainment the majority would say yes......does not make them riht though |
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« Reply #56 on: June 04, 2008, 05:54:52 PM » |
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Okay Walkers are famous for their pork pies.
In the marketplace in Leicester there is (I think it is still there but not certain) a butchers called Walkers. Well a long time ago they were looking for ways of diversifying their buisness. They came across crisp manufacture and the rest as they say is history. Of course they sold the whole thing on many years ago.
The sign outside Walkers butchers always said
Walkers butchers famous pork pies.
misuse of the word 'famous' surely IAWWTAP. If you asked 100 people what 'Walkers' were famous for the vast majority would say crisps. Under my definition of the word 'famous' I still maintain that they are therefore most famous for crisps. I would be interested in Rookie's take on this. # famous adj 1 well known; celebrated; renowned there are not degrees of fame are there.....in our family all Leicester people Walkers are famous for their pork pies nuff said. Oh and ask 100 people if Britains got talent is top quality entertainment the majority would say yes......does not make them riht though 100 people i know would NOT be saying britains got talent is a top quality show! |
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« Reply #57 on: June 04, 2008, 05:55:45 PM » |
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famous adj 1 well known; celebrated; renowned
there are not degrees of fame are there.....in our family all Leicester people Walkers are famous for their pork pies nuff said. Oh and ask 100 people if Britains got talent is top quality entertainment the majority would say yes......does not make them riht though
so if I ask your family of Leicester people if they know your aunt Molly (who I just invented for illustrative purposes) and they all say yes does that make her famous? |
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« Reply #58 on: June 04, 2008, 05:57:26 PM » |
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famous adj 1 well known; celebrated; renowned
there are not degrees of fame are there.....in our family all Leicester people Walkers are famous for their pork pies nuff said. Oh and ask 100 people if Britains got talent is top quality entertainment the majority would say yes......does not make them riht though
so if I ask your family of Leicester people if they know your aunt Molly (who I just invented for illustrative purposes) and they all say yes does that make her famous? poor aunt polly sitting in her house doing her knitting thinking about how hard life sucks when you've been invented for illustrative purposes. |
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« Reply #59 on: June 04, 2008, 06:01:31 PM » |
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This is getting out of hand......so without reservation I withdraw all comments about Walkers. You are all correct. Congratulations
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