Killing Britain Bit by Bit : The Traditional Oatcake Shop

I've had a few PM's in my time on LL from people wanting to know what an Oatcake is.

This will give you an Idea of our local delicacy but sad really,as it is the last hole in the wall oatcake shop around.

They still sell oatcakes in shops around the country but not like they do round Stoke-On-Trent.

This shop is the last of its kind really unless demolition can be stopped.

Campaigners have launched an online petition on the No 10 website to try to save the last surviving traditional Staffordshire oatcake shop, which is due to be demolished. But why are the locals so passionate about their oatcakes?

Oatcakes are a type of pancake made with oatmeal which has been a staple for the working classes in Staffordshire for over 200 years.

Between six in the morning and two in the afternoon from Thursday to Sunday every week hundreds of people queue for their oatcakes.

People have been coming to the Hole in the Wall shop in Waterloo Street in Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent, for over 100 years.

"It's an institution, the Hole in the Wall, they shouldn't get rid of it," says Keith Jones, a taxi driver who has been buying his oatcakes here for longer than he cares to remember.


It is possibly the last traditional oatcake shop in the world


He describes the oatcake as the national dish of the Potteries. "It's just a Stoke thing, it's North Staffordshire, it's a tradition."

The Staffordshire oatcake looks nothing like its Scottish cousin. It's made into a batter from oatmeal, flour, milk and water, and then is ladled on to a griddle and made into a circular pancake.

Imagine a French crepe and you're not far off. It's usually served for breakfast with cheese, bacon, sausage or eggs.

In the 19th Century they were sold from the front rooms of Stoke's terraced houses. Some of these houses evolved into more permanent shops, with a hatch through which the oatcakes were sold on the street.

The Hole in the Wall is the last of a dying breed. It sells about 2,500 every day.

"There were a lot of them. There were a couple around the corner here, but as time's gone on they've closed down and become houses," said the Hole in the Wall's owner, Glenn Fowler.


The place has been here something like 100 years, so it takes a lot to destroy it

Glenn Fowler,
Hole in the Wall owner
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Oatcakes are also popular in Cheshire, Derbyshire and parts of north Wales but they have become synonymous with Staffordshire and especially Stoke-on-Trent.

"It is possibly the last traditional oatcake shop in the world," said Fred Hughes, a local historian who hopes that the Hole in the Wall can be saved, even if it has to be moved brick by brick.

"Unfortunately over the last five years we've seen these important factories dismantle and move out of Stoke-on-Trent, big names like Spode and Royal Doulton.

"They've all gone, and the oatcake shop was part of that, because it was part of the community."

Most of the old terraced houses surrounding the Hole in the Wall are already boarded up ready to be knocked down. The Renew North Staffordshire scheme is spending £2.3 billion on regenerating the area, and says it will consider moving it.

"The place has been here something like 100 years, so it takes a lot to destroy it," said Mr Fowler. He and his customers want it to stay where it is, and hope that the new buildings can be erected around it.
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Thank you Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party.

For you are not only bankrupting us but destroying our Culture, Traditions and unique identity.

Vote BNP

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[seth797]

EU migrant workers who return to their country of origin after 12 months working here can claim back ALL the Income tax they have paid in their home country.

Once they have done this, they can then come back and do the same again!

ad infinitum!

So while all the indigenous workers taxes are extracted into government/EU coffers, any migrant worker TAKES ALL THEIR TAX BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY!

I AM AN ENGLISHMAN DOTT COM

[MANCKIE]

Great post Seth.

[MANCKIE]

This is from mainstream TV you dunce.

The BNP is not from Germany. Many members and voters are descended from WW2 veterans. The BNP also has Jewish councillors and members.

How many Jewish people do you know ?

[BritLord]

Good video.

So much of our culture, our traditions and our very way of life, are being lost.

[seth797]

NO health checks whatsoever are carried out on immigrants coming to the UK.

Children now are required to have 30 immunizations before attending school!

OUR hospitals now have TEN times the rate of C Dificile and MRSA than ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!

ANY!

The dirtiest most Dangerous hospitals in the WORLD!

The LibLabCon & the multikult are responsible.

8000 deaths from MRSA & C dificile last year!

I AM AN ENGLISHMAN DOTT COM

[AlbaGoBraghScotia]

Stoke City - BNP all the way. The English/British people shall NEVER surrender, not now, not ever. Fuck the anti-British communist inspired UAF

[charlieflint]

Long live the Staffordshire oatcake!! I'm about to pop up to Hanley and I'll be parking near to the hole in the wall as it happens!

[deno914]

Whit?

[LuckyGuu]

I believe you deno914, very sad, at least you knew England before all the immigrants. We can thank the New World Order for the destruction of England

[deno914]

Right mate, get off the drugs. If you want to feel as though you're in Mogadishu or Istanbul then move now to England - it doesn't have the heat, just the population. England is being killed off by immigrants from the third world. Scotland and Wales are following in their footsteps. Stay where you are, believe me.

[RobQos]

You've got on your comments "vote BNP". Can you not vote for the English Democrats or a pro English Independence party? Once you have your own parliament standing up for what is important to England and not Imperial Britain you might get somewhere. The UK is the problem where you have Scottish MPs voting on English only matters. The Uk is a joke. Britain pretending it is some global superpower while year after year we run up record national debts.

[TheChielMeister]

Shame aboot the local delicacy decline. Intrestin'ly, oor oatcakes are nae lyke yon at a'. Looks lyke a pancake . Oor anes are crummely 'n' herd lyke a biscuit. Sure it's braw tho.

[LuckyGuu]

I'm 46 and live in the USA, but want to retire in England in 20 years, no really I want to move there now!!! Brits are so charming!! including Victor Meldrew and Eastenders!

[stevom31]

whats the panic about oatcakes for goodness sakes theres more to life than oatcakes is not as if oatcakes themselves are becoming extinct..not like the poor old red squirrell less cakes more squirrells ..on a more serious note i hope wales can gain its own independence its a beautiful wee place and the people are friendly and independence will help the culture of wales flourish as it should be..greetings from scotland