Sally Lunn and Beau Nash

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22961, 12 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)

Sally Lunn and Beau Nash

Bath Still Sells Famous Hot Cakes Of all the girls that are so smart, There's none like pretty Salty; She is the darling of my heart And she lives in our alley. There is no lady in the land That's half as sweet as Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And lives in our alley. rrHIS song was written about pretty Sally Lunn in the eighteenth century, the composer making a fortune from it and Sally's cakes. The old house where Sally lived in an alley near the Abbey, was built three or four centuries ago, and is still much the same. Its quaint old bow-window exhibited the tempting hot cakes made of whole wheat flour, for which Sally became famous and which still bear her name. The two rooms which now serve as tea-rooms have ceilings with heavy oak beams, Tudor fireplaces and panelled walls. One <of the bake-ovens is below the street, and there are other cellars beneath it. Under Bath are the remains of the old city, which was enclosed by walls; some of the gates are still intact, and the original paved streets are in an excellent state of preservation with the front doors opening on to them. The Hot Springs continue to supply the medicinal waters as they have done since the Romans discovered them. Although the old Roman Baths are well preserved, most interesting and picturesque, they are no longer used.

Beau Nash, the renowned "Master of Ceremonies," went to Bath in the early part of the eighteenth century. On his