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For centuries Cider was drunk by the rich
and poor alike. It was a popular and often safer alternative to water.
Children were even baptised in it. The heyday of Cider was in the 18th
& 19th Centuries, when cider made up part of the wages of farm labourers
many of whom were seasonal and made the journey from the larger
conurbations such as Birmingham,
to Herefordshire for the harvesting periods. It was claimed that 'Cider is
the only drink that enables a man to work all day in the heat of the
harvest field! Beer on the other hand will make a man sweat buckets and
will make him ill! Cider is like liquid energy, and will refresh and
sustain him throughout the day'.
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