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- IN the 14th Century children were baptised in cider as it was cleaner than the water

- Farm workers’ wages in earlier times included four pints of cider a day.

- Captain Cook carried cider on his ships to treat his crew for scurvy.

- At one time, 365 different varieties of cider apples were grown.

- In the 19th Century cider was advertised as a cure for gout and other illnesses.

- The first listing of cider presses as a source of income appears in 1230 in a Royal Charter granted to Jocelin Bishop of Bath.

- One of the earliest written references to Cider can be found in the Wycliffe ‘Cider’ Bible, printed in the early 15th Century.

- Around 13 per cent of UK adults drink cider at least once a month while 49 per cent drink wine and 51 per cent drink beer.

- Cider is equally enjoyed by men and women, but women drink half the volume of men.

- The volume of cider produced annually in the UK is in excess of 6million hectolitres or 130million UK gallons.

- And 45 per cent of all the apples grown in the UK are now used here for cider making.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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