A genius contribution from reader Paul Godin who responded to Wansteadium’s failure to mark ye Cherry Pey day this year – the day immortalised in the inscription on the side of the George and Dragon.
Paul wrote following our post on Monday:
Yes today [28th July] is exactly 273 years to the day of 17th July 1752 (cherry pie day), as eleven days were lost in September 1752 with the move from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar.
That is the kind of thinking we are after. Kudos to Paul.
I’ve long thought that the Wanstead Festival should take place on Cherry Pey Day with a ginormous cherry pie as its crowning glory. Of course, it happens to be my birthday so maybe I have an ulterior motive!
Long live the Pie.