{"id":5310,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5310"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:32:23","slug":"taunton-cider-co-ltd-round-black-backed-steel-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/product\/taunton-cider-co-ltd-round-black-backed-steel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taunton Cider Co. Ltd Round Black Backed Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taunton Cider Co. Ltd black backed steel tray dating from the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Origins of the Business<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 1805, a local farmers co-operative was formed to produce cider at Norton Fitzwarren near Taunton in Somerset.<br \/>\nIn the early 1900s, the Reverend Cornish started making cider from these locally produced apples and pulp, at his Heathfield Rectory.<br \/>\nIn 1911 the priest and the co-operative set-up the Taunton Cider Company, in Norton Fitzwarren, to commercially produce his cider.<br \/>\nThe firm began by supplying its cider to local pubs in the Taunton area.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Taunton Cider Co. Ltd Registration &amp; Expansion<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Company was registered as the Taunton Cider Co. Ltd in 1921.<br \/>\nIn the 1950s the introduction of pasteurisation gave cider a much longer shelf life, allowing the drink to be marketed nationally.<br \/>\nMastering this process allowed the Company to purchase the Quantock Vale Cider Co. Ltd of Norton Fitzwarren, Ashford Valley Cyders Ltd of Kent, Brutton, Mitchell, Toms Ltd of Yeovil, and Horrell &amp; Son Ltd of Exeter, in the 1950s and 1960s.<br \/>\nBy the 1980s, the Company was Britain&#8217;s second largest cider maker after H.P.Bulmer Ltd.<br \/>\nThe main brands were Blackthorn Cider, Taunton Original and Taunton Gold, which had previously been the best seller of Brutton, Mitchell, Toms Ltd.<br \/>\nIn 1995 the firm was acquired by the drinks Company Matthew Clark plc.<br \/>\nThe factory in Norton Fitzwarren was closed in 1998.<br \/>\nIn 2016 a newly formed Taunton Cider Co. Ltd was re-established in Churchstanton and then moved back to Taunton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taunton Cider Co. Ltd black backed steel tray dating from the 1930s.<br \/>\nThe Company was based in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[366],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5310","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cider-trays","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5310"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5310"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}