The Farmers Mart Apr/May 2015 - Issue 39 | Page 54

Glaves and Sons Bigger and Better in Beautiful Bromptonby-Sawdon Chris Berry visits the Glaves family – butchers & farmers. »»There is plenty going on right now in the delightful village that is Brompton by Sawdon, just off the Pickering-Scarborough road. I say delightful even more readily than I would have done a few months ago having recently visited Anthony Glaves’ lambing sheds. In order to get to them we took a little back route through the village where its beauty really comes to the fore with a stream, bridges and a variety of wildlife. The name Glaves has been synonymous with the village for over 40 years as this is where Brian Glaves took over the P A Contractor Limited SCAIFE Building South View, Main Street, Allerston, Pickering, YO18 7PG Established for 30 years, providing new builds, commercial and domestic extensions, renovations, barn conversions & home maintenance “ We were pleased to be the chosen builder for their shop extension at Brompton, and wish him every success in the future ” Tel: [phone] | Paul: Mobile [phone] Email: [email protected] www.pascaifebuilders.co.uk Registered in England: Company Number 5969291 54 Apr/May 2015 www.farmers-mart.co.uk butchery and abattoir business, formerly run by Colin Croft, who Brian had worked for from being a boy of no more than 12 years old. It was August 1972 when Brian received notification from his employer that he was going to sell him the business and having had a word with his good lady, Doreen, they took the plunge. I’ve written about farming and the rural world of Yorkshire since 1991 and Brian has always been one of our county’s real characters whether judging at agricultural shows or buying stock at markets. He is still to be seen doing much the same and was Driffield Show President two years ago. Today, Brian and Doreen’s two sons, Anthony and James, ‘It is all a far cry from when their abattoir, offices and cold storage s Y