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GOODWOOD’S VICTORIOUS EVENING AT THE BRITISH CHEESE AWARDS
Goodwood’s Home Farm, Charlton
Farmhouse, trumped some of the most
respected cheesemakers in the country at
the Royal Bath and West British Cheese
Awards. Artisan-made Charlton was
awarded the Gold Medal in the mature,
traditional cheddar cheese category – one
of the biggest, most competitive categories
with only two other gold medals being
awarded, beating off well-known and elite
cheese makers throughout the UK.
 Home Farm shone through the
competition which had over 1,000 entries
from 75% of all British cheesemakers. The
farm had another triumphant win after being
awarded The Best Organic Cheese, an
honourable accomplishment to a dedicated

team in one of the UK’s largest lowland
organic farm and the first 100% organicallyfed dairy in the country.
 “The British Cheese Awards is the
premier cheese competition in Great Britain
and hugely prestigious within the country’s
cheese industry. To have recognition
such as this is so wonderful for the farm
team who all play their part in producing
such quality produce,” said Tim Hassell,
Goodwood Home Farm general manager.
 The acclaimed Charlton Farmhouse
is available at selected retailers throughout
Sussex and London, and can be ordered
online via the Goodwood website at
www.goodwood.com/goodwood-home-farm

WW2 VETERAN AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR AT
REDOUBT FORTRESS MARKING ARMED FORCES DAY

On Sunday 28th June, Eastbourne’s Redoubt Fortress marked Armed
Forces Day with a Drumhead Service at which Pat Thomas, a D-Day
veteran, was awarded the prestigious Legion D’honneur.
  The annual Drumhead Service which honours Britain’s Armed
Forces was held in the grounds of the iconic Fortress. Veteran Pat
Thomas of the Sussex Branch of the Submariners Association, now 90
years old, commanded a Naval landing craft on D-Day at Sword Beach,
Normandy, when they were heavily attacked leaving Pat as the only
survivor.
 The special ceremony saw Mr Thomas being awarded the Ordre
national de la Legion d’honneur, a French order established by Napoleon

Bonaparte on 19th May 1802. The Order is the highest decoration in
France and is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction.
 Eastbourne Borough Council lead cabinet member for culture,
tourism and enterprise, Cllr Margaret Bannister, said: “Armed Forces Day
is a chance for us to join the nation in remembering and honouring the
men and women who are serving our country today, but also a time for
us to remember and pay gratitude to all those soldiers in past wars who
have helped to protect and preserve Eastbourne. We are thrilled to have a
heroic veteran collecting such a high honour at the Fortress grounds.”
 For further information about Armed Forces Day at the Redoubt
Fortress visit www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk.

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