Survey of English Dialects recording in Seagrave, Leicestershire
Description
[Side 1] Mr Hardy talks about making cheese, compares traditional method of making Stilton with modern methods and with simpler process of making Red Leicester cheese, recalls visits to Melton Mowbray cheese market and discusses typical prices received for various cheeses, gives detailed description of traditional method of making Stilton. [Side 2] Mr Hardy describes traditional method of making Stilton cheese, explains maturing process, recalls sending cheese all over world, comments sister worked for Lord Derby whose guests often requested hampers, recalls local farmers making own cheeses, briefly discusses impact of weather and different pasture on cheese.
Metadata
| Identifier | wt11rhd8 |
| IRN | 726557 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D178 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/wt11rhd8 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | Apr 1957 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 05 min. 04 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 03 sec. |