[Judith Addison]

A few months ago I was in Clitheroe one lunch-time on my way to a meeting at Ribble Valley Council Offices. Sometimes I call into a shop just down the street which sells barbecued chicken, pies, sandwiches, etc. While they were making up my chicken sandwich I said, "Have you got a jellied pie?" Silence - no-one answered, neither shop assistants nor customers. I repeated my question and just got strange looks, like I was an alien landed from another planet! I commented to friends afterwards, "Does civilisation does not extend as far as Clitheroe?" I'm sure Martin's Bakers and Hurn's Confectioners both know full well what a jellied pie is!