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E. Oldroyd & Sons Ltd

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100% UK

  • Fruits by Name
  • Rhubarb

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CONTACT DETAILS

Telephone      0113 282 2245

Email       sales@eoldroyd.co.uk

 

E. Oldroyd & Sons Ltd, are producers and packers of high-quality Yorkshire forced rhubarb and fruit.
The family has 5 generations of experience in Yorkshire forced rhubarb production and is regarded as leaders in their field, being highly skilled in the production of this highly specialist crop, which is part of the local heritage. Oldroyd’s farm first became a tourist attraction in 1997, initially designed for group bookings. They became so popular that eventually a whole Festival was based around the tours so that individuals and families can also see the forced rhubarb growing in the dark being harvested by candlelight, and learn the incredible history associated with this plant, and the health benefits forced rhubarb and field rhubarb can bring to us all.

 Visits can be arranged throughout the season January to March and at Wakefield’s Rhubarb Festival to experience this popular award-winning tour,

The company has a high media profile, being one of the country’s largest producers of Yorkshire forced rhubarb as well as field rhubarb. Many celebrity chefs have made visits to the Oldroyd’ s due to the resurgence in popularity of this traditional crop. Janet Oldroyd Hulme has become affectionally known by the media as the ‘High Priestess of Rhubarb’ and the company is listed as a Rick Stein Food Hero Producer.

Originally the Oldroyd family were fruit growers in the Wisbech area.

Their close connections with the rhubarb industry began with John Richard Oldroyd, who although the son of a prosperous Cambridgeshire farmer, he decided to branch out on his own, and became a very successful market gardener and businessman; unfortunately, during the depression, he lost everything and decided to move to Wakefield to be close to his daughter Martha Neal who owned a fruit and vegetable shop in Northgate Wakefield. 
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John found a farm to rent at Lofthouse Wakefield and began growing fruit and vegetables at Pymont Farm.

He became friends with a local rhubarb grower and in exchange for passing on his skills at growing strawberries, John was taught the secrets of forcing rhubarb.

As John’s reputation for quality produce grew, his eldest son Ernest came to Yorkshire to assist his father in 1933.
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