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It took a Yorkshire lass to show the Mancunians how to cook—and to invent the pride of the north west, the Eccles cake. Elizabeth Raffald was an extraordinary character. After working in service, she opened a Register Office to introduce domestic workers to employers; ran a cookery school and sold food, published a superb cookery book and Manchester's first trade directory, ran two important post houses while also giving birth to six children. This article has undergone a re-write and comments on errors and omissions are welcome. Cheers. – SchroCat ( talk) 09:56, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
This is a cracker of an article. It will take me a couple of goes. Here is go number one, down to the end of the Life section:
More later. I'm hugely enjoying this. Tim riley talk 18:59, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
That's all from me. I always like your articles on writers of cookery books, but for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on I enjoyed this one even more than usual. A delight from soup to nuts, to borrow a phrase from an author we both know. – Tim riley talk 20:34, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
"She left her position when she married John ... She opened a register office ... she also ran a cookery school". You need to introduce some variety here.
"Raffald was born Elizabeth Whitaker in Doncaster ... Raffald was baptised on 8 July 1733"
" ... a second Mancunian newspaper". Why not "the" second Mancunian newspaper?
"... the basis from which the Eccles cake later developed". I'm not sure that cakes have the ability to develop.
"There are around 270 of Raffald's quotations used in the Oxford English Dictionary."The quotations don't belong to her, but once rephrased it would be nice to see a couple of them.
"... Raffald's recipes onto the menu at the hall's restaurant". Shouldn't that be "into"?
"John opened a floristry shop near Fennel Street; Raffald began an entrepreneurial career at the premises"just seems ridiculous to me. Her husband is called John, but she's called Raffald?
Other than those fairly minor issues the article looks fine to me, so good luck at FAC. Eric Corbett 19:18, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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It took a Yorkshire lass to show the Mancunians how to cook—and to invent the pride of the north west, the Eccles cake. Elizabeth Raffald was an extraordinary character. After working in service, she opened a Register Office to introduce domestic workers to employers; ran a cookery school and sold food, published a superb cookery book and Manchester's first trade directory, ran two important post houses while also giving birth to six children. This article has undergone a re-write and comments on errors and omissions are welcome. Cheers. – SchroCat ( talk) 09:56, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
This is a cracker of an article. It will take me a couple of goes. Here is go number one, down to the end of the Life section:
More later. I'm hugely enjoying this. Tim riley talk 18:59, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
That's all from me. I always like your articles on writers of cookery books, but for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on I enjoyed this one even more than usual. A delight from soup to nuts, to borrow a phrase from an author we both know. – Tim riley talk 20:34, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
"She left her position when she married John ... She opened a register office ... she also ran a cookery school". You need to introduce some variety here.
"Raffald was born Elizabeth Whitaker in Doncaster ... Raffald was baptised on 8 July 1733"
" ... a second Mancunian newspaper". Why not "the" second Mancunian newspaper?
"... the basis from which the Eccles cake later developed". I'm not sure that cakes have the ability to develop.
"There are around 270 of Raffald's quotations used in the Oxford English Dictionary."The quotations don't belong to her, but once rephrased it would be nice to see a couple of them.
"... Raffald's recipes onto the menu at the hall's restaurant". Shouldn't that be "into"?
"John opened a floristry shop near Fennel Street; Raffald began an entrepreneurial career at the premises"just seems ridiculous to me. Her husband is called John, but she's called Raffald?
Other than those fairly minor issues the article looks fine to me, so good luck at FAC. Eric Corbett 19:18, 5 June 2019 (UTC)