Cider-making machinery
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Cider-making machinery
Image: © Greg Fitchett Taken: 15 Nov 2012
In a barn at Old Ditch Farm bamboo canes rest against an old double-screw cider press and behind it (to the right) is a scratter. The scratter was manufactured by the Albert Day foundry at Mark, Somerset in 1878 and is used to pulp the apples. Both machines are still used at Old Ditch Farm.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.241231
Longitude
-2.714924