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In this section of the Working Memories website local people talk about their work in the farming and food industries.

FOOD AND FARMING MEMORIES

  • Quintyn Howard-Evans shares his memories of Frome Market

    Quintyn Howard-Evans remembers the sales of plants and produce at Frome Market and the egg sales that took place in the Market Yard

  • Isabel George remembers the busy atmosphere at Frome Market

    Isabel George talks about the effect on the town when the market moved from the Market Yard to its new site at Standerwick

  • Dennis Barnard talks about being an auctioneer at Frome Market

    Dennis Barnard looks back at his career with the firm of Cooper and Tanner his role as an auctioneer and his memories of Frome Market

  • Ernest Clothier talks about running a seed and grain business in Frome

    Ernest Clothier reflects on his years at Moore & Toop and discusses the agricultural developments that have led to changes in the seed and grain trade

  • Cliff Ellis discusses the relocation of Frome Market

    Cliff Ellis describes the days when the market was held in the centre of Frome, and how things changed when it moved out to Standerwick

  • Liz Symes remembers the Monday and Wednesday markets in Frome

    Liz Symes talks to us about the Wednesday livestock market in Frome and the Monday market in the Black Swan Yard, where rabbits, chickens and eggs were sold

  • Clive Vincent and Geoff Sheppard discuss their trips to Frome Market

    Clive Vincent and Geoff Sheppard from Wanstrow discuss their farming memories and the importance of the weekly trips to Frome Market

  • Ron White recalls growing up near the Market Yard

    Ron White describes playing in the Market Yard as a boy and recalls seeing livestock being unloaded for market near the Cheese and Grain

  • Trevor Biggs remembers Wilson and Scotchman of Keyford

    Trevor Biggs remembers his apprenticeship in the coppersmith department of Wilson and Scotchman and their premises at the Cooperage

  • John Burge helped his father to deliver beer to Frome pubs

    John Burge recalls helping his father with beer deliveries from the Lamb Brewery and United Brewery to the pubs in and around Frome

  • Jeff Smith talks about his early enthusiasm for plants and gardening

    Jeff Smith describes how he sold plants from a young age. As an young man he worked in different nurseries and began a gardening business

  • Keith Higgins remembers his work in the dairy industry

    Keith Higgins talks about his farm work and his jobs at Oldford Creamery in the days when it was owned by Express Dairies

  • Lin and Brian Walton recall their dairy farm in Spring Gardens

    Lin and Brian Walton talk about how they built up their goat husbandry and ice cream business at Cherry Tree Farm in Frome

  • Gloria Wingrove

    Gloria Wingrove remembers her childhood on a Lullington farm

    Gloria Wingrove talks about growing up on a farm, helping to care for young animals, collecting wood and growing vegetables

  • Bob Norris talks about his farming life at Sandy's Hill Farm in Frome

    Bob Norris followed his father into farming. He discusses the changes that increasing mechanisation brought to the industry

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