“I just got a ticket for eating ginger cake on the village green. It was a parkin fine”

“Parkin” (a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle) has nothing to do with “parking,” but there are jokes.
 
“The traffic warden slapped a treacle ginger cake on my windscreen…it was a….it was a PARKIaN TICKET” was posted on X/Twitter by Tom Fox on December 11, 2012. “I’ve just got a voucher for some gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle.  It’s a Parkin ticket” was posted on X/Twitter by “Pointless unread waffling” on March 23, 2016. “I just got a ticket for eating ginger cake on the village green ..it was a parkin fine !” was posted on X/Twitter by Mick Hart on October 20, 2018. “I got just got a ticket outside the cake shop. No parkin” was posted on X/Twitter by rayprice on November 29, 2024.
 
 
Wikipedia: Parkin (cake)
Parkin is a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle, which originated in Northern England. Often associated with Yorkshire, It is widespread and popular elsewhere, notably in Lancashire. Parkin is baked to a hard cake but with resting becomes moist and even sometimes sticky. There are regional differences; for example, in Hull and East Yorkshire, it has a drier, more biscuit-like texture than in other areas, whereas in Lancashire it is generally made with golden syrup rather than with the treacle used elsewhere. Parkin is traditionally eaten on Guy Fawkes Night, 5 November, and when celebrating “Yorkshire Day” on 1 August, and it is also enjoyed throughout the winter months.
   
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Cheryl Bousfield
@cheznoir
#policebakesale Parkin’ fine cake
5:41 AM · Oct 21, 2010
 
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Womble 69
@womble69
At a bonfire, left the car on a double yellow & got a ticket. Later was eating treacle cake when a bloke said “parkin fine?” Spooky..
3:22 PM · Nov 5, 2011
   
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Rachel Fairburn
@RachelFairburn
I just got a note on a cake I left on a double yellow….it was a parkin ticket.
1:37 PM · Oct 11, 2012
 
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Tom Fox
@TomFoxTom
The traffic warden slapped a treacle ginger cake on my windscreen…it was a….it was a PARKIN TICKET.
Stroll on Twitter that’s a pant-wetter!
11:36 AM · Dec 11, 2012
 
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Gary Cordery
@gaz_cordery
I left my gingerbread, oatmeal and black treacle cake in a place I shouldn’t have and ended up with a parkin’ ticket.
#dailypun #desserts
6:32 AM · Jan 4, 2016
 
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Pointless unread waffling
@Little__Ghosts
I’ve just got a voucher for some gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle.  It’s a Parkin ticket.
5:38 PM · Mar 23, 2016
 
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Peter Nuttall
@Peter__Nuttall
I’ve just got a voucher for some gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle.  It’s a Parkin ticket.
1:47 AM · Jun 22, 2016
 
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Rachel Fairburn
@RachelFairburn
Left my cake on double yellows this morning. Got a Parkin ticket. #BonfireNight
10:07 AM · Nov 5, 2016
 
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Mick Hart
@HartPingon6000
I was eating a slice of ginger cake on the village green and a traffic warden approached me and gave me a parkin ticket 🤔
5:40 AM · Nov 23, 2017
     
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Christopher Shepherd
January 28, 2018 at 6:48 AM ·
I was sitting in the park today eating a slice of ginger cake and a warden Gave me a “parkin” ticket 🤔
 
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Mick Hart
@HartPingon6000
£50 for this “I just got a ticket for eating ginger cake on the village green ..it was a parkin fine !”
9:19 AM · Oct 20, 2018
 
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louiseowusu
@louisekwarteng
Never throw ginger cake at double yellow lines. You’ll get a ‘parkin’ticket.
4:21 PM · Nov 21, 2021
 
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Peter Nuttall
@Peter__Nuttall
I’ve just got a voucher for some gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle.  It’s a Parkin ticket.
2:39 PM · Mar 23, 2022
 
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rayprice
@rayprice1954
I got just got a ticket outside the cake shop.
No parkin.
#lunchpun
7:02 AM · Nov 29, 2024
 
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Greg Hart  ·
March 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM ·
I sent this to you 3 years ago.. “I stopped for picnic on our village green and had a piece of ginger cake, this traffic warden came up to me and gave me a Parkin ticket..!
 
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
I stopped my car on the high street to eat a piece of ginger cake, and the traffic warden gave me a parkin ticket!
1:13 PM · Mar 25, 2025