So that's the answer!

My thanks to Wikipedia for answering a question I asked some four years ago - when did pikelets become crumpets?  Because in my youth we called them pikelets - and I still do.  Well it seems that the word is an Anglicisation of the Welsh piglydd which is what they called their version of the ubiquitous griddle cake.  And because we here in the West Midlands are fairly close to Wales we adopted their name for it - or at least our local pronunciation of it.  Thank you, Wikipedia.