There's not a lot I can say about this long defunct Devon cider business. In common with most of the (presumably) successful regional cidermakers which were either swallowed up or bit the dust in the latter part of the 20th century, information is rather thin on the ground.The only bit of history I've managed to dig up on Mannings & Sons is this website for Mallard Cottage, a self-catering business on the site of the original Mannings ciderworks in Tuckenhay near Totnes. There's a nice picture of an old bottle label, but little else to flesh out the story of Mannings Vintage Devon Cider.
It's a nice jar though.
My grandfather worked at Mannings cider. Was next to the village pub which was later owned by Keith Floyd, the tv chef. The building was on the quay at Bow Creek,off the river Dart. I remember the smell of the apples and the cider being made. There was a small shop just off the road that sold the cider. Our apple's went here.
ReplyDeleteOur apples went there. Owned by David Manning. The smell at crushing time was amazing.
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