Princess Anne visits Denby Dale Pie Company
Sep 16 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Princess Anne visits Denby Dale Pie Company
THE PRINCESS Royal visited a village famous for baking giant pies yesterday.
Princess Anne took a tour around the factory at Denby Dale Pie Company in Denby Dale.
Children from Gilthwaites First School waited over an hour in the pouring rain to catch a glimpse of the 10th in line to the throne.
Locals were also at Denby Dale business park on Wakefield Road.
Brenda Morley was waiting with her friend, Delia Frankland.
The grandmother-of three said: “I’m a big royalist and I’ve got every book on the royals.
“I like Princess Anne very much. She’s a very good worker and is one of the best royals.
“I’ve not met her before but I’ve met her mother and father.
“I’d do anything to see the royals. I would have liked to have seen Princess Diana.”
Princess Anne, who turned 60 this year, was shown around the Denby Dale premises by the company’s founder, Janet Purcell.
Janet said: “She is absolutely fabulous and she was very interested in what we were doing.
“She is just like a normal person and it was like meeting an old friend – she was fantastic.
“There were pies out for her but I can’t remember if she tried one.
