Jim Commins recalls the days when the Christmas 'gobbler' was bought in the historic market square in Ardee - and then the hunt began for a plucker! Ardee - a good market town for a turkey in days ...

Here in the Newsday food department, we’ve been thinking about Thanksgiving for weeks. I’m currently working on a “leftovers” story (to run on Thanksgiving Day), that required me to roast a bird over ...

A battle between two turkey-plucking titans to find the fastest to hand-strip two birds of their feathers ended in a win for veteran Vincent Pilkington. The contest was held between Mr Pilkington, of ...

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Some of the original buildings date from the 1880s and were acquired by semi-state body the Dairy Disposal Board in the 1940s. The old buildings enjoyed a long and varied history. Before they became ...

Tonight's resident superstar camera operator, Slim Hewitt, tries his hand at a spot of seasonal work - turkey plucking. From the BBC Archive. Originally broadcast 20 December 1961 1961: Trying out ...

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