Greggs as i understand started in Gosforth in newcastle Upon Tyne and
apparently have more outlets than McD's and Starbucks put together. I'm not
an aficionado its just a friend who was reminiscing about his Mother who
passed away recently remembered his mum talking about the original shop

Mike

On 3 April 2012 14:18, Curator <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I don't know what a Gregg's pasty is - it certainly isn't a Cornish pasty
> and I wouldn't want to eat one. I believe that the 'Cornish pasty' is a
> food protected by the EU in that it can only be made a certain way and,
> preferably, west of the Tamar; as far west as possible. As it is a special
> food and must pre-date most if not all of the other hot foods available
> over the counter, maybe there is a good argument to drop the VAT on it.
> We'll have to wait and see what affect it has on Cornish pasty producers
> (except Ginsters, of course).
>
> Pete Joseph in Newlyn
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]" <
> [log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]**>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 2:10 PM
> Subject: Re: The role of the Cornish pasty in mining history
>
>
>  In the light of recent pasty-related political events this topic was
>> decidely prescient. Had Messrs Milliband and Balls decided to purchase
>> Cornish pasties rather than sausage rolls in the run-up to the Bradford
>> West by-election the result could have been very different...
>>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/**politics/video/2012/mar/28/ed-**
>> miliband-sausage-rolls-greggs-**pasty-video?newsfeed=true<http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2012/mar/28/ed-miliband-sausage-rolls-greggs-pasty-video?newsfeed=true>
>>
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>> John A W Lock
>>
>>  ----Original Message----
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>> Date: 10/03/2012 13:57
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]**>
>>> Subj: The role of the Cornish pasty in mining history
>>>
>>> Tony Brewis's interesting comments on the availability of Cornish
>>>
>> pasties
>>
>>  in Latin America to this day prompts me to wonder what other  benefits
>>>
>> the
>>
>>  Cornish miner bestowed upon the world, particularly in the  diaspora
>>>
>> after
>>
>>  the decline of Cornish mining in the late nineteenth  century. I
>>>
>> believe that
>>
>>  there are more people of Cornish descent in the Americas  today than
>>>
>> there
>>
>>  are in Cornwall.
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>  One suggestion is Methodism. In north Wales, Captain William Vivian,
>>>
>> who
>>
>>  managed the Llandudno copper mines in the 1850s, was the first to
>>>
>> establish
>>
>>  English Methodist services in a Welsh-speaking town by holding
>>>
>> English
>>
>>  services  in a Welsh Wesleyan chapel. The Cornish miners at Allihies
>>>
>> in Co Cork,
>>
>>  Ireland,  built themselves a Methodist chapel in the unfruitful soil
>>>
>> of a
>>
>>  predominantly  Roman Catholic area. The building is now the Allihies
>>>
>> Copper
>>
>>  Mine  Museum.
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>  Can anyone add to the list?
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>  Christopher J Williams
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>  In a message dated 10/03/2012 12:43:31 GMT Standard Time,
>>>
>>
>>  [log in to unmask] writes:
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>  For  what it is worth, one might add that Cornish pasties are still
>>>
>> served
>>
>>  at
>>>
>>
>>  Pachuca, Mexico (where many Cornishmen are buried in the graveyard)
>>>
>> and
>>
>>  another place I have enjoyed a Cornish pasty was in the canteen at
>>>
>> the
>>
>>  Andina copper mine, in the Chilean Andes. No doubt Cornish technology
>>>
>> also
>>
>>  went where the pasties went.
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>  Tony  Brewis
>>>
>>
>>
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