Sorry this is very late in the month but life has been busy. Summer in Sheriff Hutton is always a busy time and this year has been no exception. School finishes on Monday 20th  July and the children are enjoying all the end of term activities including sports day and trips to the coast. The gardens are looking good and there is some preparation for the produce show which is on Saturday August 8th. Potatoes in pots are being carefully looked after for the potato in a pot competition

I promised another extract from Alan's diary. Here goes

Other customers seem harder to please. Memorably we were once asked if we stocked tinned salmon. A tin of pink salmon was duly taken from the shelf and offered to the customer, who inspected the tin for quite a while before solemly shaking his head and handing back the tin. Somewhat taken aback at this snub i asked what was wrong with the tin of salmon. 'I want salmon, not that green stuff' 'What green stuff?' 'That stuff!' the customer jabbed a finger at the photograph on the tin, with a chunk of salmon laid prettily on a bed of lettuce. Thankfully the staff took over and explained that this was only a serving suggestion.

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