Legendary pie shop loved by celebrities to close after 51 years

A legendary pastry store successful the northbound of England is acceptable to adjacent this play aft much than 50 years of serving customers.

Potts Pies successful Lancaster volition service its past pastry time having archetypal opened its doors successful 1973.

The shop’s proprietor Donna Crossley, who began moving for Potts Pies successful 1992, wrote connected Facebook: ‘I did not ever deliberation I’d beryllium penning this, but it’s clip to bent my apron up.

‘I would similar to convey each and each 1 of you, it’s had its ups and downs chiefly ups.

‘It’s not been casual implicit the past fewer years arsenic immoderate of you know. I volition permission present with my caput held precocious and beryllium arrogant of what I’ve done.’

Customers successful Lancaster were speedy to explicit their emotion for Donna’s pies successful the comments.

‘End of an era, tons of astonishing memories and generations of workers and customers,’ wrote Russell Walsh.

‘Potts Pies volition ever person a spot successful my heart, my grandad utilized to enactment determination years ago,’ added Lisa Dale.

Potts Pies was archetypal launched by Joe and Vena Potts successful 1973 earlier being bought by the Walsh household successful 1988. Donna took implicit the pastry store successful 2018 having been an worker for much than 20 years.

Donna said the item of her clip astatine the store was erstwhile the Hairy Bikers paid her a sojourn astatine arsenic portion of their TV show.

At 1 point, Potts Pies had shops successful Morecambe, Bare, Toorisholme and Bolton le-Sands arsenic good arsenic the archetypal store successful Bowerham, Lanccaster.

In caller years, however, the store struggled and lone employed 2 members of unit who made pies conscionable 2 days a week.

The shop’s lease has been sold, but determination is not yet immoderate accusation connected what the caller proprietor plans to bash with the shop.

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