Cider-Making

Cider-making in the Char Valley: photos from Sylvia Creed-Castle

Sylvia took these in the early 1980s when she was researching her book. It shows the whole process of making cider in the old-fashioned way with straw rather than hessian sheets. 

The man in the white hat is Bob Knight. The taller man in the green cardigan is Jack Rendall. The man in the brown cap is Alan Pitfield who used to live in Prime Copse and look after it.
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