In the jam factory

Back in 1985 the Easterton jam factory – Samuel Moore Foods – was in the throes of expansion. It was quite a large rural employer and perhaps that is why the factory was able to get one of the lea...

We’re jamming again

Today we’ll feature another photo of jam factory workers. Maybe, once again, we’ll get valuable information about these people. These three ladies are clearly sporting the latest in jam factory...

More Jam Factory Workers

Often, when we think of workers at the former jam factory we think of ‘the girls’. But men worked there as well in quite large numbers. And of course, this included the actual manufacture of jam. ...

A Royal photo for display in 2012

Market Lavington Museum is nominally shut, although we have decided to have a couple of openings during the Christmas period (27th and 28th December form 2.30 to 4 pm). But work is already underway on...

The final pot of jam

Preserving fruit was an Easterton industry from the time when old Sam Saunders decided, in his old age, to be a fruit farmer and preserver towards the end of the nineteenth century. One of his employe...

Princess Anne at the jam factory again

We have already seen press coverage of Princess Anne’s visit to Easterton on 30th April 1985. She came to open an extension to the jam factory – Samuel Moore Foods. Today we’ll look at the plaq...

A Royal Visit – 30th April 1985

Some newspaper cuttings form another Christmas present received by Market Lavington Museum. They recall a visit made to the Easterton Jam Factory by The Princess Royal, Princess Anne or, as she was th...

A Christmas Card for the museum

No, this is not an actual Christmas card, but rather a postcard depicting a local scene, which has been given to Market Lavington Museum over the Christmas period. We have hundreds of local postcards...

Two new display cabinets

For some years we have been concerned that many of our 7000 artefacts at Market Lavington Museum have been in store and not easily visible to the visiting public. At the start of the 2010 season we we...

Easterton Jam Factory in 1985

Samuel Moore of Easterton started jam making commercially more than 100 years ago. His business grew steadily with products sold under his name, for the company was called Samuel Moore Foods. Perhaps ...