Eccles cake Eccles cake An Eccles cake is a small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with demerara sugar. Eccles cakes are named after the English town of Eccles, historically part of Lancashire, but now classified as a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester. It is not known who invented the recipe, but James Birch is credited with being the first person to sell Eccles cakes commercially, which he sold from his shop at the corner of Vicarage Road and St Mary's Road, now Church Street, in the town centre in 1793.
Bob Eccles Bob Eccles William Robert Eccles (), also known by the nickname of "Bob", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 791), Springfield Borough and Barrow, as a , i.e. number 11 or 12, and coached at club level for Chorley Borough and Rochdale Hornets. Bob Eccles' was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England. Bob Eccles won a cap for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1982 against Australia.