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Back in 1977, Alan was baking bread in the old brick oven for
the official re-opening of Erddig after renovations, and the
coordination had to be perfect, the baker recalled in The North
Wales Daily Post. “Timing was important because they
wanted bread coming out of the oven as Prince Charles came to the
kitchen.”
“Luckily, we had it dead right. Just as he [Prince
Charles] was walking through the kitchen with his entourage, I
was peeling bread out of the oven,” continued Mr Jones.
“I popped the bread on the table and, in his wisdom, The Prince
picked up a loaf, which was red hot because it had just come out of
the oven. Basically, he burned his hand. I apologised, and he
was absolutely fine, and we had a nice chat,” Jones commented.
Unfortunately for Alan, it wasn’t to be the last of his run-ins
with The Prince that day!
The top Welsh-baker, whose bakery lies in Coedpoeth, near
Wrexham, bought his bakery with
his father in 1964, from two brothers who had been in business for
30 years. Jones was tasked with making rolls
and bread for Charles’s picnic that afternoon, after he finished
his engagements.
He took them over to The Prince’s waiting helicopter. “I was
carrying across two carrier bags full of fresh
bread when, all of a sudden, I was pounced on by security, but they
were okay once I explained that it was for The Prince’s picnic on
Anglesey,” explains Alan, noting the day as one of the highlights
of his 50 year-long career.
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