Not the Ambrosia near Lifton? That brings back memories - my sister used to live in an old cider house near Lifton (Tinhay I think) back in the early 80's and my brother in law worked at the Ambrosia factory - I used to spend my holidays down with them - driving up and down the north coast. ...and going into the Norman's in Launceston.
Finished of a large carton of Ambrosia custard at the weekend on a 5 year old Harvey's Christmas pudding - I didn't die, so the pud must still have been ok.
Good morning. I have missed the bin collection again! It was raining heavily last night so I decided to leave taking the bin up until this morning and life’s law - they started early today. Have a good day all.
OH is making ☕️ ... just down the road the top primary class at the local school are piling excitedly into a coach, clutching their lunchboxes ... they’re off to the Leicester Space Centre.
The ☕️ has arrived 😎
I have a friend living in the Apt region of southern France which has been enduring a prolonged spell of atrocious weather ... fortunately their home had not been affected too badly, other than long periods without power, but there are bad floods in the region and property (and quite a few cars) have been damaged.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope Grandson is on the mend soon @Busy-Lizzie ......horrid when they are under the weather when they are that little.
Off to London this afternoon, to a talk at the Garden Museum given by Jo Thompson, one of my favourite garden designers. Love the things she had done at Chelsea and HC. Hoping it will be a good one.
Not the Ambrosia near Lifton? That brings back memories - my sister used to live in an old cider house near Lifton (Tinhay I think) back in the early 80's and my brother in law worked at the Ambrosia factory - I used to spend my holidays down with them - driving up and down the north coast. ...and going into the Norman's in Launceston.
Finished of a large carton of Ambrosia custard at the weekend on a 5 year old Harvey's Christmas pudding - I didn't die, so the pud must still have been ok.
That’s the one Steve, we lived close. It’s the only factory, they make it for all the supermarkets just different labels. The posh shops that charge more, may have a bit more of something in it, sugar usually, but all the milk is skimmed and the fat goes to the Davidstowe cheese factories. Daughter started there as lab technician at 18 then worked her way to the top. Normans, I loved it, that’s where the food was loose and you helped yourself putting it in paper bags. It’s a nightmare now, on that plot, people use the car park just for parking so very busy, loads of shops nobody really wants, who wants a Costas in Launceston. Although New Look has now become an Iceland so I suppose that’s good for some people.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
HRH Charlie was visiting Ambrosia a while back and they'd run out of Organic custard so they sent someone to us to buy some tins to take back to the factory .
It's all so long ago - I was a young(ish) man then!... My sis worked at The Arundell Arms at the top of the road by the Post Office/local store and we (mainly me I think!) all spent many an evening in The Fox and Grapes.....Then when my sis and bro-in-law were at work and the kids at school, I'd drive up and down the coast from Barnstaple to Tintagel and onto Bodmin moor. They moved back up to Brighton in the late 80's I think.
Norman's was odd - didn't it have a separate pet food store? That only springs to mind (and I may be imagining it!) as here in Eastbourne we have (or are about to have had, as it's closing) a place called ESK - which seems to be a clone of Norman's. Probably all owned by the same bunch.
Wasn't the old train station is Launceston a big coffee shop? Launceston is/was like a town near here called Lewes - similar sort of historic 'market town' still with market days - and that 'old' feel to it - difiniely not a posy coffee shop town (although Lewes does have a place called Bills then has gone viral in the SE)....My sis had an old battered yellow Datsun 120Y (not sure why that's relevant!) and we'd go in for some of the market days. Aaaah - such good memories - thank you.
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Have a good day all.
OH is making ☕️ ... just down the road the top primary class at the local school are piling excitedly into a coach, clutching their lunchboxes ... they’re off to the Leicester Space Centre.
I have a friend living
in the Apt region of southern France which has been enduring a prolonged spell of atrocious weather ... fortunately their home had not been affected too badly, other than long periods without power, but there are bad floods in the region and property (and quite a few cars) have been damaged.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope Grandson is on the mend soon @Busy-Lizzie ......horrid when they are under the weather when they are that little.
Off to London this afternoon, to a talk at the Garden Museum given by Jo Thompson, one of my favourite garden designers. Love the things she had done at Chelsea and HC. Hoping it will be a good one.
More wind, more rain.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The posh shops that charge more, may have a bit more of something in it, sugar usually, but all the milk is skimmed and the fat goes to the Davidstowe cheese factories. Daughter started there as lab technician at 18 then worked her way to the top.
Normans, I loved it, that’s where the food was loose and you helped yourself putting it in paper bags. It’s a nightmare now, on that plot, people use the car park just for parking so very busy, loads of shops nobody really wants, who wants a Costas in Launceston.
Although New Look has now become an Iceland so I suppose that’s good for some people.