5119 x 3413 px | 43,3 x 28,9 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
6. April 2009
Ort:
Grasmere English Lake District National Park Cumbria England Great Britain Untied Kingdom GB UK
Weitere Informationen:
Grasmere lies in the heart of the English Lake District National Park, just north of Lake Windermere. This world famous village is a classic tourist attraction; here is Dove Cottage, the home of the English Poet William Wordsworth, it is also the home of Sarah Nelson’s Grasmere Gingerbread. You will on visiting the village discover The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop tucked away at the corner of the churchyard of St. Oswald’s Church The recipe passed to her great niece, who sold it to Daisy Hotson, who later went into partnership with Jack and Mary Wilson. In 1969 Margaret and Gerald Wilson, Jack’s nephew, bought the business. Over the years little has changed in this tiny shop - the school coat pegs are still in place, and so is the cupboard used to house the school slates. Sarah would still feel at home in her kitchen, her curtain rod rests above the churchyard window where William Wordsworth and his family lie buried, as well as the Nelson family Her cool, dark pantry is still in use, though nowadays it stores Kendal Mint Cake, Penrith toffee and fudge and home-made chocolate gingers. It is a step back in time - Margaret remembers pushing on the hands of the clock in the village school, so they could escape a few minutes early to run to ‘The Gingerbread Shop’ to be first to buy a penny bag of broken pieces which were then sold in aid of Doctor Barnado’s Homes. That clock, bought for two-shillings and sixpence, now ticks away in the shop and points an accusing finger at Margaret for her childish pranks as it occasionally slips a few minutes.
