“These are the best pork pies in the world. “I’ve eaten 20,000 of them since I started coming aged 17. Probably more,” said Keith Pennington.
The 55 year-old is from Jump in Barnsley where the P. Turner and Sons Butchers has been since 1937. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
Keith, who now lives in Hoyland, said: “I’ve cut my pork pies down to just one a day so i don’t put too much weight on.” Keith thanks his svelte figure to limiting his daily intake of Percy’s pork pies and his walks. He said: “I walk to shop every morning, that keeps me like this.
” At the helm of this pork pie paradise is Gary Percy Turner who took over from his father Percy when he passed away in 2022. Advertisement Advertisement “My dad and his brother took over from their dad, also called Percy, who started it as a butchers.” When Gary’s Dad Percy went to work at a pork pie makers in his younger years it was here he learned the art of hand made pork pies which he later took back to his fathers’ butchers.
For the past 30 years, Percy’s have been selling thousands of Pork Pies each week. Gary said: “We don’t tell people how many we sell but it’s ‘uggins’ of them.” Advertisement Advertisement Every morning pork pies are freshly made with “the best quality ingredients.
” During busy seasons.
