Breakfast praise goes down well with Darwen cafe boss (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Breakfast praise goes down well with Darwen cafe boss
12:47pm Thursday 11th October 2012 in News
THE owner of a Darwen cafe was delighted after receiving a letter praising her breakfast that would ‘rival any chef-made meal in a hotel’.
Pamela Hacking, of Pamela’s Cafe and Takeaway in Croft Street, said she got the letter completely out of the blue from an extremely satisfied customer.
She said she had been off for five weeks and left the shop in the hands of her husband and staff.
She said: “I just want to say a huge thank you to my staff and to this man.
“I had been worried we would have to close down and this has made me feel six feet tall.
“I have been here for five years but there have been a lot of places closing and the town centre has become a bit of a ghost town.
“But it was great to get positive feedback and this man has said he will definitely come back to the town.”
The letter was sent by a Mr George Whalley, of Bolton, who wrote: “It must be said that the meal surpassed all of my expectations.
“The breakfast would have rivalled any chef-made meal in a hotel.
“You should be proud that your staff did so well in your absence.”
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bril67
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1:07pm Thu 11 Oct 12
California Blue
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1:41pm Thu 11 Oct 12
2 for 5p
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4:16pm Thu 11 Oct 12
well to teach them a lesson I won't ever be going again it was average at best.
I'll write them a,letter telling them I wonder if they run to the LET with that.
darwenTower
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5:27pm Thu 11 Oct 12
2 for 5p wrote:You aren't going in again? I bet that will break their hearts.
That's a advertising ploy , I bet no body wrote the letter it has just been used as a publicity stunt that has worked for her.
well to teach them a lesson I won't ever be going again it was average at best.
I'll write them a,letter telling them I wonder if they run to the LET with that.
CapitaBackHander
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5:35pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Surely she doesn't feel 6ft! She was so big headed she thought her staff and husband couldn't cope - they did so therefore she feels 1ft tall.....
Never been in......
amazed
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6:49pm Thu 11 Oct 12
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6:58pm Thu 11 Oct 12
amazed wrote:theres earning a living, and then there's being deceatfull and that's being deceatfull.
Gosh, there are some miserable so and so's in this world. Why are some people so malicious? Even if they don't agree with the article there is no need to "put the knife in" like these selfish folk. I have not been in the cafe as we do not need to eat in Darwen but if this lady and staff are trying to earn a living why doubt what has been said? Maybe it is true that it is not newsworthy as such but sometimes papers are short of copy and need a bit of padding - it also gives the Darwen reporter something to write about. Lay off and try the breakfast there yourself before making your uncalled for comments.
Ian the Beancounter
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7:17pm Thu 11 Oct 12
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And there's spelling, and there's spelling. But that's neither! :-(
Chugger
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9:49pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Good call
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10:29pm Thu 11 Oct 12
2 for 5p
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6:17am Fri 12 Oct 12
Whydidtheybanme? says...
12:52pm Thu 11 Oct 12