Kendal Mint Cake been making confectionery since 1840 in the Isle of Man. When one of the four sons, Daniel Quiggin, moved to Kendal in 1880, the mint cake company was formed. In the BBC TV programme "Great British Menu", series 5, Lisa Allen visited Quiggin's factory and used Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake in her Strawberries with Meringue & Kendal Mint Cake Water Ice dessert. In the BBC TV programme "Great British Railway Journeys" (Series 7, Episode 2), Michael Portillo visited Quiggin's factory. Wilson's Mint Cake was founded in 1913, when James Wilson purchased a factory in the Stricklandgate area of the town.
Vermont Mountaineers the Mountaineers at Montpelier Recreation Field that season. After reaching the playoffs in 2004, the team has enjoyed playoff success, qualifying for the playoffs in six of their first seven seasons. They have reached the NECBL Championship Series five times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009), 2015) winning it three times (2006, 2007), 2015). Three of their five finals appearances have come against the Newport Gulls. Below is a list of all-time New England Collegiate Baseball League records set by the Mountaineers. From their inception the Mountaineers have had some of the league's largest attendance figures. In their inaugural season the Mountaineers