The Story of Charlie Cake Park
Charlie Cake is the most fantastic name. When we first moved here i thought that there was cake factory nearby and that it was the name of its car park. Needless to say on polling day I wandered around aimlessly searching for Armley's answer to Mr Kipling. But Charlie Cake is, infact, much more interesting than some overly manufactured bakewell tart (I'm beginning to sound scarily like my step-grandfather Derek but stay with me).
Once upon a time in Armley there lived a peddler, called Charlie Cake. Charlie was a peddler who sold the finest patisseries and petits gateaux throughout armley - and , no doubt, as far across the valley as kirkstall and beyond, maybe even Bramley. On these journeys through the vales and villages of Leodis, Charlie could always rely on his trusty old horse (not sure of her name but lets call her Cupcake) to carry his wares and share a joke or two along the way. Armley Town Street always proved to be a bit of an up hill struggle for poor old Cupcake, what with all the joy riders on their penny farthings and such like. So it was something of a relief for them to stop at the strange triangular shaped green belonging to the Gotts Family at the top of the road. Here Cupcake would have a well deserved break after lugging around the weighty batenburgs and victoria sponges and Charlie Cake would also take the opportunity to sell his delicious creations to the genteel residents of Upper Armley. During one if these regular stops at the triangular green Charlie was blessed with a flash of marketing genius and decided to create his own signature shortbread cake in the shape of a triangle. Over the years Charlie Cake's Shortbread was famed accross the town of Leodis and was even presented to the Queen of England at the opening of Leodis Town Hall in 1853. After his death Charlie Cake was posthumously honoured by the good people of Armley, and the Gotts Family rightly renamed the triangular green Charlie Cake Park. The End.
An abridged version of this text can be found at (including pictures of Charlie Cake Park itself)
http://www.leodis.org/display.asp?resourceIdentifier=20041216_48165530&num_to_display=10
Posted By Armley Cat
posted by Armley Tourist Board at 10:16 AM
2 Comments:
Eh bah gum , do you think that Cupcake's
kin are the sad horses on Armley Moor?
Here ia a poem I wrote about Charlie Cake Park
There are no dogs allowed in Charlie Cake Park
There should be no littering to
Rails gaurd the rose-beds and the lawns full with dew.
Windows overlooking Charlie Cake Park are blessed with the proudest of views
As roof tops and tenements stop the light can shine through.
Would you come with me to Charlie Cake park and sit for a moment with you.
The silent stride of pidgeon on path, the heart of the sparrow beats, leafy brush of wind, bright at last.
There are no dogs allowed in Charlie Cake Park.
Sam Bailey.
Armley Resident since Aug 08.
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