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I've got the original Poole's Pies meyt pie recipe if anybody wants it! The secret was, they used hot water pastry, not short-crust which they're made of now! In fact, if Dave Whelan had any brains, he'd have kept the original recipe, kept the Wallgate cafe open with a bit of refurbishment, and opened other shops in Wigan and district, instead of limiting the outlets to Asda, and Morrison's, I think, two shops I never go in.

Whenever I came home from abroad one of the first stops I made was Poole's in Wallgate opposite the station! Sitting in one of those little cubicles with the horse-stable effect and stained glass windows, oil cloth on the floor and old-fashioned ambience was very special.