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Bakehouse Tour

Mix

The Mix which looks like the galvanised dustbin it was is where the mix or batter was prepared, usually the previous night, for the days baking.
It was mixed by hand to the consistency of a thick porrige.

Riddle

The first stage of the process is the riddling board. The mix is poured onto an oatmeal bed where it is swirled swirled before being taken to the machine.

Machine

The Machine flings the batter onto the hotplate with the face on The rollers and linen cloth elongate the oatcake (more to follow)

Face

The face was a hotplate treated with shelac and lightly greased. The oatcake is cut off the face and turned onto the bakstone

Bakstone

The Bakstone dialect for bake stone was used to slowly cook the other side of the oatcake before being removed to the cratch for cooling

Boxed

Finished oatcakes ready for delivery

Cratch

Old English word for a cooling or drying rack

Basket

Baskets were used by Tom Holroyd when he was hawking produce door to door

Beret

Alan always wore a beret he got used ot one during WW2 when in the army and it hung over the bakstone to keep it warm and dry

GasLight

The gaslight was replaced during the 1970s when electricity was introduced.

Gaspipe

The hotplates lighting and water heating all used gas until the 1970s