Digging in Businessman John Hinchliffe opens the pie with a flourish with Kirklees Council Mayor John Holt and Mayoress Pamela Baguley on his right and Dewsbury MP Ann Taylor on his left.

TV chef Phillip Harben had said he thought the chances of the gint pie being better than the smaller versions of it he had sampled as a 'pious hope.' But he looks more than satisfied with the taste here.

Peter Buckley standing in one of the 24 cooking compartments inside the 2000 pie. Mr Buckley was on the pie sub-committee and the dish was made at his sheet metal works in Rotherham. It cost around £37,000 and each compartment had a 3kw heating element which could be individually controlled. Mr Buckley grew up at Dry Hill Farm where the 1964 pie event was held.

The first glimpse of the 1988 pie as it leaves the barn at Broomfield House where it was cooked and turns on to Bank Lane in Upper Denby.

The pie dish leads the 2000 parade with the media on board.

The specially made oven for the 1964 pie arrives at the Dunkirk pub in Lower Denby.

The year was 1940 and this was the last chance for people to have their photograph taken with the old pie dish before it was taken to the Central Salvage Dump for the war effort. This happened in September as the Battle of Britain still raged in the skies. There was a procession on September 21 to say goodbye to the pie dish under the logo Pie Dish For Guns Not Butter. There was also a cricket match, dance and a whist drive.

The 1928 pie's procession along Wakefield Road. The Sunbeam limousine behind the pie vehicle belonged to John Hinchliffe (1859-1935) and was driven by his chauffeur, George Senior.

William Wood sinks the knife and fork deep into the 1928 pie. Crouching on the opposite side is Edward Hobson and behind him in the chef's hat is Thomas Heap. The man next to Mr Heap leaning on the wagon is Joseph Kay.

The ladies and girls making the crust for the 1928 pie in the Salvation Army Hall.

A panorama depicting the pie clebrations at Denby Dale in full swing. Note Inkerman Mill on the skyline and the marquees in Norman Park. Cottages on Hillside and Springfield Mill can be seen at the bottom right just below the busy Wakefield Road.

The 1896 pie outside the corn mill with the cooks who baked it.