Published Date:
30 June 2009
By Staff Copy
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, ¼lb 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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Last Updated:
30 June 2009 8:19 AM
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Source:
Scarborough Evening News
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Location:
Scarborough
