Trustee Roger Dugdale said: “A lot of farmers are isolated and work on their own. They haven’t time to go to the GP so they just keep going and getting on with it but they all go to the auction mart. It’s a social occasion.”
Inside Samlesbury Hall, he met the hall’s archivist, trustees and volunteers, responsible for preserving the Grade-I listed building, founded in around 1325 by Gilbert de Southworth.
During the visit the King also spoke to Ishwer Tailor and his wife Urhila Tailor, from the Gujarat Hindu Society, based in Preston, which the King had previously visited in 1981.
The King laughed and pointed at the photos Mr Tailor showed him of that visit, showing the then prince playing snooker with local youths at the centre.
“He potted one, he was quite happy,” Mr Tailor said.
King Charles ended the trip at the newly opened Butlers’ cheese campus at Inglewhite.
The fourth generation family cheesemaker, established in 1932, combines traditional skills, innovation, and a focus on the long term sustainability of the business and protecting the cheesemaking craft.
