'We pride ourselves on quality': Ironbridge family working to create high quality and popular pork pies
It's a family-run shop which has become an institution of Ironbridge, popular with tourists for its high quality, traditional and very tasty pies.
Eley's of Ironbridge is a popular feature of any trip to the town, set next to the eponymous bridge overlooking the River Severn.
Opened 60 years ago by Tim Eley as part of his butchers shop, bought from his earnings working at Ironbridge Power Station, the shop quickly became a popular attraction due to the quality of the pies produced.
Tim's son Tom now runs the shop alongside his sister Charlotte and said the process now had remained the same as it had when his father first started.
He said: "They're traditionally hand-raised around a wooden dolly, which we still do in the shop to this day, and it's still the same quality pork and the fat that is used in pork pies, as well as them being lidded and having the jelly, which is a key factor in pork pies.
"Then, there's the seasoning, which is just a simple peppery seasoning and that's how a traditional pork pie should be done and we try and keep it that way and not diverge into different flavours and herbs and that's what makes our pork pies what they are.
