Recalling happy times of Coronation
I READ in the Evening News of a walk which went from Burniston to Cloughton and back ending in Rocks Lane, Burniston. Mention was made of Holmes Well and I remember often on a hot evening collecting a pail full of the very cold water to "turn" butter, a term used to change the pin heads of butter into a firm state so it could be worked and made into ½ and 1lb pots.
In 1937 the new cowhouse and granary had just been built and the granary was chosen for the Coronation tea. I have a page from the back of my mother's cookery book listing the provisions bought for the tea: 4st flour, two hams, three tongues, 9lbs butter, 3lbs tea, 44lbs bread, 11lbs sugar, lb tin of mustard. These would be divided between the ladies of the villages who added their own provisions to provide jam tarts, buns, cakes etc.
A total of 360 people had tea on Coronation Day and 80 on Saturday, so much food had been provided.
Mrs K Hurd
Givendale Road
Scarborough
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