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 Apple
Day 2007
With a triathlon race in aid of the Barnard
Castle Meet 2008 and prizes for the best dressed stall (Just
William) and best dressed stallholder (Lisa Hodgson, Loopy
Lisa's Fudge) |
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Royal Visit, May 2007  HRH
The Countess of Wessex meets stallholders at a special
market held in her honour at The Bowes Museum on the occassion
of her visit to the museum and Teesdale on Wednesday 30th
May 2007.
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Barnard
Castle Farmers' Market wins Gold at 2006 North East England
Tourism Awards! At
the OneNorthEast "North East England Tourism Awards
2006" held on the 10th October 2006 at the Newcastle
Civic Centre, the Barnard Castle Farmers' Market won the
Gold Award in the category "Taste of North East England".
The market now goes through to the national competition,
the results of which will be announced at an awards ceremony
being held in London in spring 2007.
In
awarding the Barnard Castle Farmers' Market the Gold Award,
the judges recognised the quality & diversity of the
local produce on offer at the market, the knowledge &
customer care of the stallholders and the contribution
which the market makes to the area's tourism offer and
local economy. |
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| Apple
Day 2006 With
most stallholders having put an apple twist to their products,
stalls decorated with an apple theme & competitions
for children, one of the busiest markets of the year took
place when the Teesdale Farmers' Market held its Apple
Day market on 7th October in celebration of English Apples. |
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2005 |
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Christmas Festival
& Farmers' Market
Sunday
18th December 2005
The Bowes Museum,
Barnard Castle, was again the venue for the Christmas
Festival with a host of local food producers,
numerous craft stalls and seasonal entertainment. |
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Week
24th
September to 1st October 2005
 Following
on from last year's very successful Apple Day at Barnard
Castle Farmers' Market, there was an equally successful
Apple Week this year incorporating very well attended
Apple Days at Barnard Castle and Stanhope Farmers' Markets.
The Stanhope Farmers Market Apple Day featured
a best dressed stall competition, apple products from
the stalls and Dales Centre cafe, apple games and entertainment
organised by the Durham Dales Centre.
The Barnard Castle Farmers Market/St Mary's Church
Autumn Fayre Apple Day featured apple products
from Farmers' Market and Church stalls, cookery demonstrations
with apples by Peter Bell; apple games, Ploughman's lunches,
Farmers Market & Church Hall stalls, growing advice
from Lowfield Nurseries, Church tower tours, best dressed
stall competition, painting competition with Montalbo
School, tombola, raffle.
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Eggleston
Show
September
2005
 This
year, "Made in the Dale" local products were well
represented in our Food Hall at the Eggleston Show. "Made
in the Dale" seeks to promote local products from Teesdale
& Wear Valley / Weardale & details of our producers
are in the widely available Local Produce & Products
Directory and on this website. Award
Winning Local Producers
Several of
the local producers who attended the Eggleston Show have
recently won prestigious awards in the 2005 Great Taste
Awards organised by the Guild of Fine Food Retailers.
Loopy Lisa Fudge: Gold
awards for Vanilla & Treacle fudges.
Broom Mill Farm: Gold
Award for their Toulouse Sausage and Bronze
Awards for Beef Sausage & Cooked Ham.
Alison's Country Pantry: Silver
Awards for Oat Crunchies & Anzacs; Bronze
Awards for Ginger Biscuits & Gingerbread.
Weardale Soup Company: Silver
Awards for two soup varieties
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3rd
Teesdale Food & Craft Festival
- held at the
Bowes Museum on 23/24 July 05
Good
weather and the excellent location meant that this year's
Food Festival was another great success. The cookery demonstrations
and Ready, Steady Cook sessions were very well attended
and a wide range of local produce and products were
available from the Farmers Market stalls.
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2nd Wear Valley
Festival
- held at Auckland Castle on Easter Saturday
26 April 05
The poor weather did not deter thousands of visitors from
attending the 2nd Wear Valley Food & Craft Festival
and making the day even more successful than last year. |
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| HRH The
Prince of Wales enjoying
a special Farmers'
Market in Middleton-in-Teesdale organised by Frances Easby
last December when Prince Charles was in the village to
open the new UTASS premises and switch on the Christmas
lights. |
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