IN DEPTH
Read some personal memories of Hammett's Dairies, by those who worked there.
1950's Hammetts, Exeter. Mike Chrichard comments "Hammetts Dairies, Sidwell St - blast from the past, Dad worked here before moving to Exhibition Way." Debbie Ridgway commented "My Dad Gordon Tootell started there in the mid 1950’s, finished at Exhibition Way 38 years later, on retirement. He retired just before Northern Foods took over. They shut it 6 years later!" (Courtesy Mike Chrichard)
1900's? J. Hammett, Proprietor outside Hammett's Dairy, 175-176 Sidwell Street, Exeter (Courtesy David Cornforth)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure, Front Cover. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. Page 1, describes how the Company was formed in 1925 in Sidwell Street, Exeter, later building a new creamery and distribution centre in Exhibition Way. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. Churn collection from farms and milk reception. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. HTST Pasteurisation with refrigeration supported by UDEC ammonia compressors. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. Process flow diagram from milk reception to bottled milk despatch. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. Bottle filling and recrating. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. Bottle filling, recrating and despatch. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. 'Devon Vale' butter, cheese, clotted cream and yoghurt. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. Laboratory control and canteen. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure. Back Cover. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-unloading churns onto the conveyor for automatic weighing and tipping. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-sampling milk for analysis in the laboratory. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-churn tipping and weighing. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-milk storage tanks and pasteurising plant. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-refrigeration plant room. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-bottling hall... decrating, washing, filling and recrating. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-bottle washing and filling. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-wire crates in the cold store awaiting loading and despatch. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-loading bank. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-clotted cream production in heated bowls. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-'Devon Vale' butter pack. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-Cheddar cheese conditioning store. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-cheese vat room. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-laboratory in action. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
1957 Hammett's Dairies brochure extracts-butterfat testing using the 'Gerber' method. (Courtesy Michael Mitchell)
