Hi Well this has nothing to do with your genealogy question but I do understand not having Pork pie for Christmas we are from Leicester to and we were back there in September and we ate many Walkers pork pies. We are in Perth Australia where it is quite warm at the moment and would like to wish our family and friends in Canada a very Happy Xmas and New Year peter -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donald Hurd Sent: Monday, 23 December 2013 4:22 AM To: LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEI] Pork Pie for Christmas I think we had this discussed a year or two ago. I grew up in Leicester, my grandparents were from Leicester. We usually had pork pie for Christmas morning. I came to Canada in 1968. In the 1970s and 80s Marks and Spencer operated stores in Canada where they sold pork pies - a reasonable facsimile of the real thing. So we were able to keep up the tradition Sadly M&S are gone now. It is possible to get pork pies in various places including Pete's Frootique in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My son bought some in Buffalo in the USA last year. But none available here in Newfoundland. Nowadays for Christmas morning we have bacon, eggs, sausages, fried bread etc. (some people don't know what fried bread is) Anyway happy Christmas to all and spare a thought for the unfortunates in Toronto who may facing Christmas Day without electricity due to an ice storm. To return to genealogy does anybody have information on the Corts of Great Bowden or the Wales of the Lutterworth area? Don Hurd, St John's, NL, Canada Sent from my iPad ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message