While Coonoor has changed markedly over the last 143 years, with its picturesque dales and valleys being swallowed up by gargantuan concrete buildings and grasslands taken over by networks of crowded roads, one bakery in the town, owned by one family, has stood steadfast in business.
The Crown Bakery, established in 1880 by G. Mohammed Sheriff, has been run by the same family for over 140 years, with minimal changes to the building where the bakery is located since its inception. Inside, huge glass jars, tinged by time with a shade of yellow, are filled with biscuits and cakes.
