The oldest pastry-rolling machine in Britain has been discovered in a village bakery - and it's owned by David BUNN.

Mr Bunn's 40-year-old machine is still in daily use at Fellows Bakery in Ardingly.

The bakery has been in the village since the 1800s and much of its equipment dates from the post-war years or even longer.

Company secretary Stella Jenner said: "We have got a lot of old equipment here. There are even ovens underneath the road, which is very rare now, although they are no longer in use.

"We are quite a hands-on traditional bakery, which is why our bread is so good. It is not mass-produced."

The bakery only realised the pastry machine's historical value when they saw an advert by its manufacturer Fritsch in an industry magazine.

Ms Jenner said: "They were celebrating their 75th birthday and were advertising for whoever had Britain's oldest pastry brake to come forward. We applied and it turned out to be us."

The historic machine, which has produced thousands of pastries for consumption around Sussex during its lifetime, is to be removed from the bakery and put on display at the Fritsch museum.

Instead, the bakery will be given a brand new computerised pastry brake as part of a company promotion.