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The tale of "Olly The Oatcake" is set in the early part of the
twentieth century and tells the story of how a magical "walking, talking Oatcake" emerges
in Stoke-On-Trent and develops a lasting friendship with his "makers", Tommy and Elizabeth,
the children of the local Oatcake baker.
Tommy and Elizabeth
Live above a shop,
Across from Lawson's Pottery
(Where all the buses stop).
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Close by there is a grocer's store:
Baked beans, cheese or milk,
And further on a tailor's store:
Cotton, tweed or silk.
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Next door there stands a butcher's shop:
Pig pud, pork and steak.
But Tom and Liz's mum and dad
Bake the famous 'Stoke Oatcake'.
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The friendship between Tommy, Elizabeth and Olly grows, but is threatened by the evil Polly
the Pikelet Pirate who sets out to steal the secret recipe.
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And with her special Pirate Key
She opened up the lock;
They crept inside and hid behind
The trays of oatmeal stock.
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And there lay Olly resting,
Upon the cooling rack.
With all their might they picked him up
And dropped him in their sack.
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They hurried out the doorway
(So afraid was Olly!)
They wheeled him off up Penkhull bank
On the back of a three-wheeled trolley.
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"Olly The Oatcake" copyright ©1989-2021 Neil Banks, All Rights Reserved. Images copyright Dominic Cooper.
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