The Farmers Mart Dec-Jan 2018 - Issue 54 | Page 58

58 HIGHFIELD FARM DEC/JAN 2018 • farmers-mart.co.uk LONGHORNS CAUSE A BRAND-NEW RUMPUS IN SLAITHWAITE Chris Berry talks with Tim & Harry Garside at Highfield Farm BUYING and selling pigs, sheep and cattle has been part and parcel of the Garside family farming business for many years, but now they’ve gone one step further by causing a rumpus. That’s the name of their artisan burger bar opened in summer 2017 in Slaithwaite just four miles from Holmfirth and equidistant from Leeds and Manchester where their beef is causing more than a stir. The village was the setting for the TV series ‘Where the Heart Is’ and is a fast improving visitor attraction with the Hud- dersfield Narrow Canal running through its centre and a number of coffee shops, tearooms and independent shops. The Garsides have opened up in what quirkily were once the public conveniences and they are certainly all cisterns go right now and flushed with pride at how Rumpus has cleaned up great trade so far. “It’s our home village,’ says Tim Garside who farms up on the tops at the appropri- ately named Highfield Farm. ‘And it’s doing well attracting tourists. A lot of money was spent on making the canal presentable Pleased to work with the team at Rumpus to produce bespoke print, signs and graphics and it has really helped. We’ve had quite a learning curve and I wouldn’t like to get too far ahead of ourselves, but we’ve really made a great start.” Rumpus came about following Tim’s son Harry’s studies at Harper Adams. During that time, he spent his middle year on the Newbottle Estate in Oxfordshire where they had Longhorn cattle. “Harry brought some of their Longhorn beef back home from their butchery and it was 68767 mind blowingly succulent and - PennineFarmServices - 8TH.pdf 1 29/11/2017 11:25:48 extremely tasty. We decided to develop C M From; Stickers to Signage Graphics to Greaseproof Wrappers to Wall Murals Menu’s and More Contact Rob on; 01132 242086 Mob; 07809 332844 Email; [email protected] www.cuttingedge.cc Y CM MY CMY We are dairy engineers, bulk tank and refrigeration engineers, animal health suppliers, suppliers also of fencing, hardware, minerals and feed buckets K Proud suppliers to Highfield Farm and wish Tim Garside and his team continued success CY Dairy Engineers, Refrigeration and Animal Health Supplies Kitchen Fold, Kiln Hill, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5JS T 01484 847606 / 845572 E [email protected] W www.farm-services.co.uk