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visit to WymondhambyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: visit to WymondhambyThere are details of B&Bs on the Essentials page, though I'm not sure at the moment whether The Banks and The Windmill are still offering accommodation. The Old Rectory is the only option at the heart of the village. Use the search box on the Homepage to find out more. All the best, Jake Young WebCobbler to Wymondham Respond to this message Goto Forum Home How to get therebyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: How to get herebyIt would be possible to do a day-trip from London, though you'd have to set off early and the late trains' timings aren't too reliable. In London you have a choice of King's Cross and St. Pancras stations: they're right next to each other. St. Pancras is for the Leicester route, but you can travel from King's Cross and change at Peterborough. You would then need to get the Birmingham train and get off at Oakham. The next stop is Melton Mowbray, but the walk from Oakham's station to Somerfield supermarket for the bus is much shorter than Melton's station to St Mary's Way. Also, the walk from Leicester's station to the Haymarket bus station is quite a hike. However, if you would like a walk through Leicester, maybe visiting the large market on the way, it would be more interesting than sitting on Peterborough platform. To do most of the journey by rail, I'd get the "insurance option" of a King's Cross to Melton Mowbray via Peterborough ticket, so you can maybe return via Melton if the timings are more convenient. Different companies now run different sections of track, and it may be cheaper to buy a separate return ticket to Melton when you get to Peterborough. Let me know your departure date and I'll get a local bus timetable uploaded. I could also try and get a train timetable. The buses run roughly every couple of hours, with the journey from Oakham being longer and bumpier, but taking you through several villages along the Vale of Catmose. You can get back to Oakham for 6:50pm and Melton by 7:00pm by bus; or book a taxi. Bus fares are £1.35 single, £2.50 return for Melton-Wymondham while a taxi is about £9.00 Bon voyage! Jake Young Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Hooray!! We Have got some GRAVY SALT.byThe price is 42pence for 128g (4.5oz). The checkout girl said that as far as she knows it is now a normal stock item. My wife has used Compton`s in the past and says that it is perfectly OK. Off you all go to Tesco then!!!!!! Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Gravy SaltbyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Congratulations to Wymondham WIbyWell done. It is good to see the cobwebs being blown away and the WI movement moving on. Please pass my congratulations to all involved and would you be kind enough to ask WI chairman, Kay Bruce to contact me as NATIONAL WI couldn't help me with tracking down Richard Stilgoe's song. Many thanks Sue Hamilton President Towcester Evening WI Northants Federation Respond to this message Goto Forum Home The WI SongbyWymondham WI makes no representations or warranties concerning the accuracy of the transcription and neither does it take any responsibility if all or any part of it is reproduced or published in any form. THE WI SONG, 1999 Hi! we're the WI and we take a very nice snapshot. Hi! we're the WI and we're going to show you what we've got. We're the institute in its birthday suit, It may need ironing but it still looks cute. Hi! (cooee!) we're the WI and what we've got is quite a lot. Dot said we ought to have a calendar, Some of us were rather on edge. Enid said she already had a colander, She used it every Sunday when she strained the veg. Dot said listen, we're going to go nude, Tasteful mind, nothing crude. Violet said we have nothing to lose While Enid took off her shoes. Oooh, said Enid, that's better and everybody's shoes went west. Oooh, we all said, that's better and Enid discarded her vest. We ripped off petticoats, stays and bodices, Things not seen since Homer's Odysseys. Dot said fine, I think we'll find we need something to stand behind. Hi! we're the WI, we're the ladies who lunch Hi! want to give you the eye from behind the victoria sponge. We've reached the depths of depravity Thanks to age and the laws of gravity. Hi! (cooee!) we're the WI and everything is taking a plunge But we're not dead yet, we're glad to be grey. As the calendar marks each passing day These bodies have been there, done it, seen it, Except of course for poor Enid. Dot has knitted us a web site, you can gaze at us all day It's w w w dot WI dot co dot uk Hi! we're the WI. Shout it from the tallest towers, Slap my thigh, we're the WI, gaze at us for hours and hours. Next year you can see on cable The video we made with the Round Table, Not a lot of exclusive coterie, plus three lions and a hunk from Rotary. Hi! we're the WI and it's more fun than arranging flowers.... Undo my bow of burning gold, Loose off my arrows of desire. Tho' you may think this old boiler's cold The pilot light is still on fire. When Patrick Lichfield comes to call We'll strut our stuff, won't give a damn And we shall sing Jerusalem And smear ourselves with home-made jam. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Michael Coulson -- passed awaybyMichael died on Tuesday, 18th June and our thoughts are with Barbie, Ivo, Tim and Sarah. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Queens Gravy BrowningbyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Burdalls gravy saltsby margaret TaylorRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: Burdalls gravy saltsbyBurdall's Gravy Salt is no longer manufactured by Space Foods of Wymondham, Leicestershire. The company has closed down. There's a Butcher in Cupar, Scotland who will sell to callers to his shop, and I will make an alternative gravy salt and supply it by mail if only a few of the many people who say they desparately want it will have the courage to pre-order some. You can find my address on the Homepage of this site, and ordering details here by following the links provided. I'll try to answer any further questions by email if you supply your address. Regards, Jake Young WebCobbler to Wymondham Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Origin of Burdall'sbyIn 1902 Herbert Moses Burdall of 38 Commonside, Sheffield was a Drysalter for the firm of Henry Petrie & Co. of Gibraltar Street ('founded in Victoria's reign' was Burdall's later advertising logo), but by 1907 father and son 'Burdall and Burdall' had taken over the drysalting business themselves. Expansion proceeded apace, with the acquisition of 200-206 Gibraltar St, 1-11 Allen St, 35-39 Spring St and with stores on Steelhouse Lane, the company now listed as Manufacturing Chemists as well as making 'Grocer's Sundries'. Burdall (senior) and son Herbert Alonza Burdall took residence on Riverdale Road (a distinctly upmarket address) as their salt ventures diversified, from '(Begin Your Day Well with) Day Dawn Health Salt' to the famous 'Burdall's Gravy Salt'. A vast new factory covering 22 acres testified to their success: looking out over Hillsborough, Sheffield through '800 windows' and incorporating 60 worker's residences... Their other brand-names included Anchor Baking Powder (remember that?), Juniper Backache Pills, Zora and Missing Link - I have no idea what the last two were! Respond to this message Goto Forum Home purchasing Burdall's Gravy SaltbyFollowing our conversation this afternoon at your hedge. I have tried to oprder some gravy salt from the Wyndhomen sight and failed miserably. I would therefore request that you reserve £6.00 worth from your next batch for me. I shall send the necessary cheque and address by snail mail. regards Roger Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: purchasing Gravy SaltbyYup, snail-mail is the way to do it. There's no on-line ordering process, and it's getting difficult to spot the relevant posts on this message board, but using the search box on the home page to look for gravy will take you to a page where the relevant posts are linked-to. As you know, I hope there will be good progress made during September. All the best Jake Young Respond to this message Goto Forum Home please help/burdalls a must.byIs it still on market? If so can you help me with an address or source. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: please help/burdalls a must.byRespond to this message Goto Forum Home BurdallsbyI would be grateful for any information you could me regards Hilary Baldwin Respond to this message Goto Forum Home please help/burdalls a must.byIs it still on market? If so can you help me with an address or source. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Burdalls - can it still be obtained?byRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Not the same, but it will maybe dobyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home where can i get this from?bythankyou Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Don Christie -- passed awaybyDon had lived at The Pines (the old station) for nearly 20 years and was the organizer of many village events, for instance the Open Gardens of 2000. His fundraising barbeque every August was eagerly awaited and its congenial host will be sorely missed. This evening he was due to attend a screening of the video recording of the Wymondham Players' 2002 pantomime, with which he was heavily involved. Don was also collecting local sayings and anecdotes, hoping to publish a booklet in aid of Church funds. His many friends in Wymondham and beyond could fill a book with happy memories of Don Christie, a true gentleman. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Gravy Salt TrialbyI hope they will drop by this message-board and tell us if the product meets their expectations or how it could be improved. Regards, Jake Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Gravy SaltbyAshley & Lynne Davies Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Gravy SaltbyI live in Telford, Shropshire. My mother lives in Liverpool. Neither my wife, nor my mother can find "Burdalls Gravy Salt" Our Sunday roasts have never been the same since we ran out! I tried searching the net to find where I can buy some, but without sucess. If you know where I can buy some, please e-mail me. Cheers John Respond to this message Goto Forum Home re-gravy saltby mamapigeonn "cupar,fife"d.l.stewart, 52,bonnygate. cupar. fife.bought by a scottish firm,from space foods. and still sold only to trade in drums. butcher has no time to go to "post office" apparently to send any. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Thank youby kirsteen meldrumRespond to this message Goto Forum Home butchers?bythankyou Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Update please Who, Where, How??? Gravy SaltbyHelp please Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: Update please Who, Where, How??? Gravy SaltbyI've made a few suggestions about ways of colouring gravy, but most people want a close alternative to Burdall's, for which you need a source of caramel. I've offered to make gravy salt but there has to be a enough real interest to get started. If you are interested please see this post. Regards, Jake Young Wymondham Respond to this message Goto Forum Home gravy salt trialbyJust having a scouse taste test with my sample batch of gravy salt and I would like to pass the following comments on to you. The original gravy salt was crumblier. The sample stayed in a solid block until disolving in the pan. The original was saltier and had a sweeter after taste. The sample was quite dry tasting by comparison. The sample left quite a bit of 'sediment' and 'dyed' the meat a very dark colour. I had to use the whole sample on one pan of scouse although it was a family size. On a scale of 1-10 I would give it 6 up to now and can imagine, with the help of further testing, we might just get there in the end. For a first attempt I think it has potential. 10 out of ten to you for making such an effort on behalf of all the gravy salt fans out there. Cheers Jake. Regards, Angela Martinelli. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: gravy salt trialbyMany thanks for your comments. I've no real experience with altering the consistency at the moment. The sample batch was mixed and bagged (the bags seem porous) and then there was a delay until I found a program to make the address labels, and the heavier weight bags for protection in the post. When I came back to the samples they had started to solidify, as mentioned in the note included. If Burdall's was saltier that means it provided less colour -- you must be used to using more to get the same colour that the sample would provide. The suggested usage of 1tsp per pint matches guidelines for gravy and soup, so it comes down to personal preferences and I think it's better for users to add more salt if desired. Your comment that the meat was dyed a dark colour also suggests you used too much, or that the gravy salt should've been completely dissolved before adding to the pan. I am interested to hear mention of sweetness. Was this in the scouse as a whole? I don't think you mixed up and tasted the gravy salt and liquid separately, so I should think the food ingredients had a far greater effect on the overall flavour than the gravy salt. The aroma from the caramel might be what you are aware of. Best regards, Jake Young Respond to this message Goto Forum Home gravy salt trialbyIt may help you to know that the original gravy salt was always wrapped in a 'waxy' paper. This probably stopped it from hardening. I am guilty of not making up the gravy seperately from the scouse. I just chuck it in with everything else! The answer would be to use more salt and less gravy block. I rated the sample as 6 out of ten but after testing it out on the rest of the family later, the rating went up to 8. They couldn't taste much difference from the original. Their only comment was the 'sediment'. I'd definately use it again. Regards,Angela. Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Burdall'sbyHave just sent you an e-mail and then discoverd further messages on the message thread. Some of my suggestions have already been met but I think there are one or two things which might still be investigated especially the Delia Smith suggestion and the Patent Office suggestion. Apologies for wasting some of your time but am very interested in your work on this subject. David Fenton Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: Burdall'sbyA valid email address would help with communications! I don't know what you mean by your reference to the Patent Office. As I understand it, processes may be patented, not recipes, and in any case any patent for Burdall's would've long-since expired. Saint Delia could be a good friend to the new gravy salt, but it needs to be in production first, and it won't reach that stage if people aren't prepared to support it. Please see this post for details of how to pre-order. Regards, Jake Young Wymondham Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Gravy Salt TrialbyGravy Salt was a success and is easily the nearest thing to Burdalls I've had so far. Whilst the consistency was a bit different (a bit more granular looking) once added and cooked it was fine. Would say that Burdalls probably was a little sweeter, but even if no further adjustments were made, I would definately buy this product over any others on the market at the moment. Cheers! Jayne Respond to this message Goto Forum Home No Sample ReceivedbyWhen I placed my order I sent off a cheque to you for £9.00 This was an order for myself, and two of my sister in laws. I sent you the three names and addresses where the samples should be sent. I received my sample and one of my sister in laws Mrs Mary Forrest received hers. My other sister in law Mrs B Forrest, 89 White Street, Whitburn, West Lothian, has still not received her sample. Can you let me know what has happened to it as she is feeling a bit put out that we received ours and she didn't. Many thanks Joyce Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: No Sample ReceivedbyThis message is really for anyone else looking in, as I've already replied to you directly. The samples of gravy salt were made using a small sample of caramel sent from America, so there weren't many to go round. As two of your sisters-in-law live on the same street I sent a sample to one with the request that she could let the other try it. All the best, Jake Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Gravy Salt TrialbyI have read the good things about your gravy salt trial, I would like to sample some. Please get in touch, if I like it I will definately order some. Regards Joan Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: Gravy Salt TrialbyThe samples only went out to those who were first to pre-order, and were themselves made using sample ingredients. Regards, Jake Young Wymondham Respond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: Burdall'sbyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Re: Burdall'sbyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home Jackson ancestors in WymondhambyOn the 1861 census, George (described as shoemaker) and Eliza were living at Little London, Melton Mowbray (is this actually in Melton Mowbray?) and had 4 children who were all born in Wymondham or Melton Mowbray. The children were Joseph, Edward, Robert, Jane(?) and Eliza. I am descended from Edward, who is my great great grandfather. I would be interested to hear from anyone who may connect with my ancestors or for any useful advice. By the way, I think the Wymondham web site is excellent. Regards ... Steve Cordery (Maidstone, Kent) Respond to this message Goto Forum Home JacksonsbyRespond to this message Goto Forum Home
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