Nearly fifty people joined us in Askrigg village hall last week to sample cheese, discuss the progress of the project and watch demonstrations of butter and kefir making.
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- Tasting traditional cheeses supplied by The Courtyard Dairy
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- Selection of farmhouse cheeses supplied by The Courtyard Dairy
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- Dairy Days Project Officer Karen Griffiths demonstrating kefir making
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- A visitor tastes some of the recently made kefir
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- One of the farmhouses cheese supplied by The Courtyard Dairy – in this case a sheep milk one which may have been similar to the early cheeses made in Wensleydale
Several local historians brought along their current research including Geoffrey Keeble from the Middleham and Dales Local History Group who is doing some fascinating work into the role of the Women’s Land Army in dairying in the dale during the war.
Geoffrey Keeble setting up the local history area
We were delighted that people with family or personal memories of dairying in the dale came in and also brought photos and objects to complement the ones we had on display. We also signed up several new people for the oral history side of the project.
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- Old milk account book brought in by a local farming family
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- Milk account book brought along by a local farming family
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- Old photos lent by a retired dairy farmer
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- Promotional booklet about the northern dairy shorthorn lent by a retired farmer
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- Newspaper clipping lent by a retired dairy farmer
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- Display about the history and dairymaids at Low Mill Dairy in Bainbridge
Dairying artefacts from the Dales Countryside Museum
The coffee and tea flowed and everyone enjoyed the superb cheese scones and fruit scones with cream and jam brought down from the Humble Pie shop.
Chatting over scones and a cuppa
