Life in Beckworth » Anthony “Tony” Worrall-Thompson http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fresh Fudge Appeal http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/sandy-luton/fresh-fudge-appeal/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/sandy-luton/fresh-fudge-appeal/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:56:12 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=4114 Continue reading →]]> Dear all. It’s time to get back in the kitchen and help our local “builders” Anthony “Tony” Worrall-Thompson and Heston Blumenthal’s to finish the first phase of “Fudgeworth” (the model village of Beckworth made entirely of fudge). Phase one of the project is near to completion, the sewage works, council estate and drive through McDonalds look very realistic but the father and son team still need another 500,000 fudge bricks to finish building a scale model of the nuclear power plant. So ladies and gents and children of Beckworth let’s get making more fudge. An imploring Tony told me over a shandy in the hotel bar “That if each of Beckworth’s 5000+ residents to made at least five kilograms of fudge per day for a week they could get the eastern end of the scale  village finished in time for Christmas… Or New Year” So please help Tony and his son Heston, as they can’t do this job without your help. And remember we are an equal opportunities hotel with wheelchair access so there’s no excuse for lazy people on benefits not dropping off fudge. Thanks, Sandy Luton, General Manager, Hill View Hotel

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(Above) A fudge brick as wanted by Tony and son Heston

]]> http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/sandy-luton/fresh-fudge-appeal/feed/ 0 Heston Blumenthal, & His Dad, Want Your Fudge http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/sandy-luton/we-want-your-fudge/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/sandy-luton/we-want-your-fudge/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:32:45 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=2996 Continue reading →]]> Dear all. I’m very excited to be able to tell you that at long last we have got planning permission to build “Fudgeworth” in the grounds of The Hill View Hotel. Fudgeworth, a model village of Beckworth made entirely of fudge, is the brain child of local father and son chefs Anthony “Tony” Worrall-Thompson and Heston Blumenthal, and is bound to become a big tourist attraction. But it’s a big building project and we need your help. Could you make fudge bricks, windows, doors etc? Maybe you’re a dab hand at making confectionery models of buses and trains. Or bridges? Or trees and hedges? If so, we need you to get baking (or however it is you make fudge. I wouldn’t know as it brings me out in a rash). For the next two weeks the chef duo will be building Fudgeworth, so please drop off your contributions at the hotel reception and Heston and Tony can get on with the hard graft of making the miniature village. There will be a grand opening when it’s finished, so watch this space, and we’re hoping to get Sue Perkins to do the honours (as she’s rumoured to have a sweet tooth and isn’t exactly publicity shy!). We are an equal opportunities hotel with wheelchair access so literally anyone with fudge making skills can drop off their handy work. Thanks, Sandy Luton, General Manager, Hill View Hotel

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(Above) Father and son chefs, Tony and Heston, raring to get stuck into building a miniature Beckworth in fudge

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