Cider & Turkeys

Attleborough Town sign and a wintry sky.

The plan was to get out and capture the autumn colours in todays glorious sunshine but work dictated otherwise.

The town sign depicts cider-making flanked by two splendid black turkeys. In 1896, the Gaymers cider-making plant was built in Attleborough and soon became the largest employer in the town.

Turkey sales made the town a thriving centre in the 1930s, but the two on the town sign are said to recall the days when Attleborough turkeys had their feet dipped in tar to withstand the journey along roads to the London markets.

Roll on Christmas!