Everything
the cider drinker needs - apart from a scrumpy jar!
Introduction
It's
always opening time at Old Scrump's Cider House!
Whether you're already an experienced cider drinker,
or you just want to find out what real cider and
perry is, then this is the website for you!
Old
Scrump's Cider House is an amalgamation of two
websites - Gillian Grafton's Real Cider
& Perry website and Paul Gunningham's
Scrumpy User Guide website, and has been
named such in memory of Paul
Gunningham (1951-2007) who used the pseudonym
'Old Scrump' when writing about cider.
I
look forward to working on the website to keep it
as one of the most valuable web resources for cider
& perry enthusiast. Any input from visitors would
be most welcome! If you have any feedback or suggestions,
please make contact.
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you want to discuss real cider and perry and related
issues, why not subscribe to the UKcider mailing
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Drink
up thy cider!
Frank
Blades
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On
This Website
The
Real Cider & Perry Page contains a wealth
of information about cider (made from apple
juice) and perry (made from pear juice) -
including:
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About
Old
Scrump's Cider House
Old
Scrump's Cider House is an amalgamation of two
websites - Gillian Grafton's Real Cider
& Perry website and Paul Gunningham's
Scrumpy User Guide website.
 The
Real Cider & Perry
website (www.ciderandperry.co.uk) was created
in the early 1990s by cider and perry enthusiast
Gillian Grafton. It was one of the first - and is
still one most valuable - web resources for cider
and perry enthusiasts. Gillian created and maintained
the site herself until 1996 when, due to pressure
of work, she was unable to maintain it on an on-going
basis, and as a result the website became somewhat
out-of-date.
 In
1999, Wurzels fan and cider drinker Paul Gunningham
created his own cider website, The Scrumpy
User Guide (www.zider.co.uk).
This was written very much from the end-users point
of view - more about buying, storing and drinking
cider than Gillian's more historical and scientific
point of view.
In
2003, Gillian was approached by Paul who asked what
her future plans were for the Real Cider &
Perry website. As luck would have it, Gillian
had been looking for a volunteer to take over the
maintenance of the website, and Paul got the job!
Paul planned to make no changes to the content except
those necessary to bring the site up-to-date.
Sadly
in 2007, Paul Gunningham was involved in a road
traffic accident, and died as a result of his injuries,
and both websites were passed onto a new editor,
Frank Blades of Somersetmade, a small multimedia
company just outside Bath.
After
running both website side-by-side for several months,
in March 2008 the decision was made to amalgamate
the two into one new website. This wasn't difficult,
as there was very little overlap between the websites,
and the two slotted into together quite easily.
This new website was called Old Scrump's Cider
House in memory of Paul Gunningham who used
the pseudonym 'Old Scrump' when writing about cider,
and will continue to be maintained with the goal
to make it
the premier online source of information concerning
cider and perry.
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