How A Neighbourhood Bakery Becomes A Show Stopper In Bake Off Meets Brassed Off.
Written byTimes Magazine
Key Sentence:
- A decade ago, the closure from a bakery in Liverpool sparked a public battle against environmental destruction and decline.
- Now the transformation of the story into stage music is the icing on the cake.
As well as homemade advertising hotcakes, muffins, and fresh bread, a sign above the counter of Mitchell's Liverpool bakery promises swanky "casual cakes." He has been tackling good and other occasions for locals and football fans in the shadows of Liverpool's Anfield Stadium for over 100 years.
But in 2011, when the bakery was about to be demolished, the aging owner decided to close the shop.
Meanwhile, more facilities have been lost as the terraced roads have been regenerated - i.e., demolished and replaced with a new building. Other Victorian homes stood empty, threatened by destructive bullets. "The community is always 'consulted,' but it's always quite symbolic, and actually, everything you say isn't heard."
However, when a Dutch artist came to town to help local young people design affordable housing for the 2012 Liverpool Biennale of Arts, he chose Mitchell's vacant shop as his base. And as people kept knocking on doors and begging for bread, the volunteers started baking. In 2013, although mandatory orders were still in effect.
Around the same time, CLT was created to save and rebuild ten townhouses in the same order.
Eight years later, the bakery is thriving and is taking care of football fans and locals again, while neighboring houses will be renovated next spring and offered at affordable rents. More could follow if the program is successful as long as there is room for micro-factories and more public companies.
Unsurprisingly, the heartbreaking story of ordinary people regaining control of their own environment while struggling with this "system" has piqued interest outside Anfield. According to playwright and musician Boff Wally, it's a typical outsider tale, who turned it into a musical for an enjoyable experience with the theater company Red Stairs for the city's royal palace.
"I immediately thought it was one of those beautiful stories that felt British," he said. "This is your classic Brassed Off, Billy Elliott, all north English stories about the people who made them. This is how Bake Off meets Brassed Off - a potential show stopper, including catchy tunes that redirect the government's "better recovery" slogan for your chorus.
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