1970s Sweet Shop
Taveners Pontefract Cakes

Taveners Pontefract Cakes – Now, these lovelies are iconic, and have been around for AGES. Listen to this for a priceless bit of trivia:According to our in-house sweet anorak, the Pontefract Cake (aka Pomfret Cake, or Yorkshire Penny) with the imprint of Pontefract Castle has been around since 1614!Originally, they were only made in Pontefract (that`s near Leeds). . . bad weather didn`t matter too much because they used the liquorice root.And listen to this. . . liquorice is such a big deal in Pontefract, that there is now an annual Liquorice Festival celebrated! How cool is that?! Other bits of Pontefract Cake trivia:- – Up to the 1960s all Pontefract Cakes were made by hand- A Pontefract Cake maker was known as a Caker or Thumper- In 1955 a caker was paid 4 pence a tray, with each tray holding 280 cakes – Qty In Order: a quarter of a kilogram – just over 8.8 ounces



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Everybody loves sweets and finding the old retro sweet shop while you're out shopping is always a treat. So it's a huge thing for me that AQuarterOF the biggest and best UK supplier of retro sweets has agreed to partner up with me let me create my very own 70s Sweet Shop. So grab your gobstoppers, put your dibs on your Dib Dabs and sizzle your Space Dust or just spend your doubloons on some Spanish Gold.