Here is a piece I found on the wall of an old Scotch oven in Forres Scotland (just across the Morray Firth form Cromarty where I build a small oven earlier this year) some interesting big roasting;
Davie Allen
1925 ? 1998
Foreman baker here from 1956 until his retirement in 1990.
Davie remembered enjoying working with the following people during his time here: -
Melville Clark Betty Rodgers
Andy Cowie Davie Nicol (Crockett)
Sandy Chisholm Graham Esson (Sid)
David Allan Jnr Angus Barclay
Ella Fortheringham Martin Farish
Margaret Aitchison Stuart Shaw
Scotch Oven Tearoom
- A brief history -
James Asher bought this bakery in 1978 from the Forrests who had been here since 1919. The bakery itself remained fully operational until Davie Allan?s retirement in 1990 after witch the front shop was supplied from the Nairn bakehouse.
The old scotch oven, of witch there are very few in use today, is still in working condition. The oven is over 100 years old but was reroofed around 1940. It used to be fired by coke but has been oil fired since 1962. In addition to its normal use it has cooked whole sheep for church functions and would do over 20 turkeys for customers at Christmas time.
The flue to the left of the oven needed regular cleaning and actually extends the full length of the oven to the store behind it. The flour was stored above the bakery and was taken up by hoist.
The windows were originally in Applegrove School and were installed by Forbes the carpenter.
There used to be a wooden sink and when the cement floor needed painting that was done with a sweeping brush!
Having lain empty for a few years, the tea room conversion took place in 1997, one hundred and twenty years after Ashers Bakery was established. With the old scotch oven as the focal point, it was naturally called the Scotch Oven Tearoom.
Alf
Davie Allen
1925 ? 1998
Foreman baker here from 1956 until his retirement in 1990.
Davie remembered enjoying working with the following people during his time here: -
Melville Clark Betty Rodgers
Andy Cowie Davie Nicol (Crockett)
Sandy Chisholm Graham Esson (Sid)
David Allan Jnr Angus Barclay
Ella Fortheringham Martin Farish
Margaret Aitchison Stuart Shaw
Scotch Oven Tearoom
- A brief history -
James Asher bought this bakery in 1978 from the Forrests who had been here since 1919. The bakery itself remained fully operational until Davie Allan?s retirement in 1990 after witch the front shop was supplied from the Nairn bakehouse.
The old scotch oven, of witch there are very few in use today, is still in working condition. The oven is over 100 years old but was reroofed around 1940. It used to be fired by coke but has been oil fired since 1962. In addition to its normal use it has cooked whole sheep for church functions and would do over 20 turkeys for customers at Christmas time.
The flue to the left of the oven needed regular cleaning and actually extends the full length of the oven to the store behind it. The flour was stored above the bakery and was taken up by hoist.
The windows were originally in Applegrove School and were installed by Forbes the carpenter.
There used to be a wooden sink and when the cement floor needed painting that was done with a sweeping brush!
Having lain empty for a few years, the tea room conversion took place in 1997, one hundred and twenty years after Ashers Bakery was established. With the old scotch oven as the focal point, it was naturally called the Scotch Oven Tearoom.
Alf
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