What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Original Eccles Cake Shop In 1796 James Birch started baking the first Eccles cakes and the first cakes were sold here. Cakes were exported as far as the West Indies and Australia Recorded plaque organisation: Talking Town City of Salford.
James Birch founded the Original Eccles Cake Shop in 1796, where he baked the first Eccles cakes; his cakes became renowned and were even exported to distant places like the West Indies and Australia, establishing a legacy for both the cake and the town of Eccles.
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