Eccles cakes are definitely not known as fly cemeteries, and originating from Eccles, I should know. The Eccles cake is in fact a delicate and sensitive creature which nests in small holes on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal. Unfortunately some cruel people still hunt them and when I was a child it was not unusual to see piles of their pathetic steaming little corpses being paraded up Church Street towards Parker and Bradburns cakeshop.

As a founder member of the Eccles Cake Hunt Saboteurs I am proud that our actions led to their nesting grounds being now protected and whilst there is limited culling, the mass slaughter is a thing of the past.