I AM well acquainted with Lancashire hot-pot, Yorkshire pudding, Eccles cakes etc, but Manchester tarts?

I lived in Manchester for more than 70 years and the only Manchester tarts I came across were the good-time girls my father told me to avoid.

You could have knocked me down with a black pudding when I discovered after all these years that Manchester tarts are an item of confectionery.

They are on sale in the baker's stall in Victoria Market in Cleveleys. What's more they sell Chorley tarts as well!

Jack Robinson,

Redcar Avenue, Cleveleys.