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138 Maws PiesThe mention of Maws Pies seems to make a generation of Wearsiders both go misty-eyed and salivate at the same time. It once had a number of shops across Sunderland but the final one in Pallion submitted its final accounts in 2004.There are two main things that seem to stick in people%u2019s minds about Maws. The first is the mince and onion pies. In researching this book the recipe for this was a request made by a number of people on social media when we did a shout out for ideas (Sadly I couldn%u2019t find it!). The company even adopted the slogan %u2018the taste of home%u2019 after an expat customer from Australia said she had been longing for a Maws Pie for 13 years as %u2018it was the epitome of home.%u20196The second was their peas in a bag - a serving of steapy mushy peas and gravy.The pies were handmade for most of the time it operated. The company did bring in pie machines at one stage.. But it reverted back to making them by hand, to the original elusive recipe, as it felt the pies the machines made were no different from anywhere else.It wasn%u2019t just humans who loved their 6 Maws pies: %u2018the taste of home%u2019 Sunderland Echo, 4th August 1993food too. When my aunty and uncle%u2019s dog was successful at making a break for freedom from the house, he%u2019d run straight round to Maws and sit expectantly for a pie!Maws Pies in Pallion c1990. Credit: Sunderland Antiquarian SocietyThe very first shop was opened by Maria Maw in Howick Street in Monkwearmouth in 1927, and later moved to Hylton Road. Maria%u2019s daughters Ella and Patricia subsequently took the business on. Ella opened the shop in Pallion in 1938, while Patricia opened a number of other outlets across the city, and there were shops in South Hylton, Southwick and Chester Road at various points.As well as a range of shops, the business had a blue delivery van that would travel around Sunderland%u2019s housing estates. %u2018Hot pies and peas%u2019 was