At the November 1984 meeting of Boreham Women’s Institute, Mr. David Dodge and Mr. Martin Randall from Geest Industries (Copheap Lane, Warminster) gave a very interesting talk and showed a film about the production of bananas. They stated that all the bananas sold by Geest came from the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. The fruit was picked green and kept at a temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit in refrigerated ships for the 12 day journey to this country. When the bananas arrived at the ripening rooms the temperature was gradually raised, which turned them yellow. This took about six days; they were then all weighed, priced and sent to the shops.