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Sweets in Bakewell: The Pudding, the Monday Mar...

Bakewell gave the world its (accidental) pudding and still holds one of the country's larger livestock markets — but this small Peak District town has no dedicated bulk sweet shop.

Sweets in Morley: A Grand Victorian Town Hall B...

Morley grew wealthy on wool and coal and built a town hall far grander than its size suggests — an independent-minded West Yorkshire town with no dedicated bulk sweet shop.

Sweets in Hucknall: Lord Byron's Burial Place, ...

The poet Lord Byron is buried at St Mary Magdalene Church in Hucknall, a former Nottinghamshire coal-mining town — without a dedicated bulk sweet shop of its own.

Sweets in Market Drayton: The Home of Gingerbre...

Market Drayton has been known as the 'Home of Gingerbread' since the 18th century, and is the birthplace of Robert Clive — yet the town has no dedicated bulk sweet...

Sweets in Pudsey: A Mill Town That Gave Cricket...

Pudsey grew up on wool and textiles and gave England cricket's Len Hutton — a Leeds mill town with plenty of Victorian character, but no dedicated bulk sweet shop.

Sweets in Glossop: A Cotton Town at the Peak Di...

Glossop grew up around cotton mills and the planned Howard Town centre, and today sits at the gateway to the Peak District — but the town itself has no dedicated...