Like many families back then, roasts were a regular fixture on the calendar as were home cooked family meals. Allums Butchers owner Jonathan Allum was 16 when he first started serving Jane on his family’s market stall. Despite the closure of the market and relocating 100m down the road to Brook Street, loyal customers continued to buy their meat including Jane and her family.
“It’s about food quality ingredients not price.” Jonathan said Allums keeps it simple without all the combinations and “fancy stuff” people add to pork pies. “If it’s a good pork pie, it’s a good pork pie. Why change it?” Before the recession hit in 2020, Allums were selling around 4,000 handmade pork pies per week at their shops in the city centre and Altofts. “Now it’s around 1,500,” Jonathan added. “People want cheap fast food these days.