MARY PORTAS

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AIBU in thinking that Mary Portas should have just slapped that silly bitch?

ooh ooh ooh JackieNO - how are you - long time no see. I have news for you if I can find your email address (are you on facebook?)

havent watched yet but wasnt half the hassle over speicality breads
website sayas they do them lol at " bun goods"

Considering it's Maher and Sons there was precious little son in the programme.

OneWondersIfTheyKnowTheirMotherToWellTiggaxx

You are all rotten and know nothing about baking ,I have been in the business for.......ooooh about 36 years.

The bakers shop is quite close to me and she's always been a miserable cow.
Also used to run the cafe in the local dept store (think family store not Selfridges!) and its customers were old biddies.
I am tempted to pop in and ask for some speciality bread not made from a packet.
Or would that be childish???

Does the owner have much experience in baking?

there is rumour that it wasn't her who called in Mary (though I assume she would ahve had to agree at some point)

perhaps Mary got inadvertently caught up in a family feud?

Why why why why did no one who she visited and was rude to not front her out and ask her if she was this rude to everybody?

I hope Paul stuck her in the bread oven with a cottage loaf in her gob and went off and got a job somewhere else where he was respected and valued.

And if you are reading this you miserable old COW - MARY IS COOL AND YOU ARE RUDE AND VILE AND WHEN ALL YOUR OLD GRANNY CUSTOMERS CROAK YOU WILL BE BEGGING FOR A BIT OF ARTISAN WALNUT BREAD TO FLOG TO ALL THOSE POSH MUMMIES!!!

(God it took about 30 minutes to calm down after watching that last night!)

Oh my.

How can she be so rude? I bet she's cringing now that programme is out. Mind you her son wasn't very polite either, for all of the two seconds we saw him for.

What an ignorant woman.

I love Mary, shes a funky woman!

there's no mention of paul the baker on the website, hope he's been head hunted and moved on.

he's mention in the bread section lucykate (though blink and you miss it!!)

"She obviously thought the shop could do with a lick of paint and she'd get it for nothing - but surely the researchers should be weeding out knobs like this? "

Why would they want to do that ? We wouldn't be talking about it otherwise, would we

Mmmmmmmm Eric Lanlard. He is a hunk of the pastry world

I like Mary she is so cool, my estimation of her since that show has risen so much. She has the patience of a saint and was impeccable despite Angela being rude and nasty. Love her hair will have to have that style for a wedding in the summer. Oh the baker in the Cotswolds was very niiiiice, yummy yummy I could taste his bread anytime

Does anyone know what happened to the "Save Paul the Baker" group on Facebook? I've been offline for a few days and it seems to have disappeared!

Does anyone know when(if ) the programme is repeated. I forgot to record it last night and was late home from work so I forgot!

upahill - iplayer is your friend www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sr463/Mary_Queen_of_Shops_Series_3_Maher_and_Sons/

is repeated tonight at 7pm - last week's bakery, not last night's.

Thanks LadyBiscuit and Fishie. I'll catch up

I was brought up down the road from that bakery. My dad used to go in there on a Saturday morning for bread, mini Hovis loaves and cream doughnuts. The funny biscuits etc that Mary (and you lot!) are laughing at is the stuff of my childhood (sob). He still goes in there every so often and it hasn't changed one iota in 30 years.

But I have lovely memories of their cakes so go easy on them

Mary Portas was so right about that bakery. It was like a 70s throwback.

I think that was Mary's point Rockbird - it hasn't changed in 30 years and the same people are going there and not anyone new - because the things people buy for themselves and their children has changed.

Sure I used to eat those sort of things as a treat when i was a kid but I wouldn't by them for my kids more than the one off 'oh I used to have that sort of thing' buy.

Last night was impressive though - I want to go to that shop now!!

am just watching it on repeat now. blimey, she is absolutely vile. i would have walked away from her a long time ago.