Sharon's grannie was born about a hundred years ago and was a very jolly lady who devoted her days to cooking and baking.
Sharon has fond memories of visits when she was a little girl to her grannie's home in Sedbergh, North Yorkshire. Sedbergh is now England's book town in the same way that Wigtown is Scotland's.
“There weren't any bookshops there when I used to visit grannie,” says Sharon. “I can still remember the smell of baking, she was always making something. She used to make scones, cakes, jams, marmalades, toffee – she made everything. There was an open coal fire in the sitting room that we used to snuggle round in the evening.
“I used to pick the raspberries for the jam making. She grew them in her garden and was very proud of them. My favourites were things called sadcakes which were the short-crust pastry version of Eccles cakes. But they were not little and were sliced like a slice of cake and were bursting with currants. I don't know why they have got such a strange name because they were yummy. A slice of sadcake with a cup of tea was always given to anyone who called at grannie's house.
“I would love to hear from anyone who has a recipe for sadcake.” (sharon888bruce@gmail.com)
Sharon has a pure-wool bedspread that belonged to her grannie. This was bought during a holiday in Scotland during the 1950s or 60s and has an interesting pattern from the times.
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