The History of Singleton's
Singleton’s Dairy began in 1934 when Robert and his wife Duillia Singleton incorporated the company to purchase milk from neighbouring farms. Prior to that time they had been producing fine Lancashire cheese from their own cow’s milk at Cromblehome Farm on Beacon Fell in rural Lancashire.
In the early 1900s cheese making in Lancashire was a well established and important source of income for many dairy farmers such as the Singleton’s. Lancashire had the deserved reputation of being a high quality, versatile cheese that was equally delicious as an ingredient or eaten on its own. The annual cheese fair in Preston brought huge numbers of cheeses to the town’s straw-strewn covered market where they were sold. So highly valued were these cheeses that the police were brought in to ensure none were stolen.
Singleton’s was a very successful dairy from the beginning winning the coveted Supreme Champion award for its Lancashire Cheese in its very first year as a limited company. The future looked very bright for the dairy.
Robert and Duillia Singleton, circa 1934
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