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dairy products19
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)9
Scott, Mrs M. E.7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Stevenson, Bill2
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Attebery, Louie W (1927-)1
Beresford, Jackie1
Bond, Francis Keith1
Bond, Kathy1
Brunk Wille1
Cheese Press
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Cheese Press

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Large stone cheese press, in the gardens(?) of a building/house in Askrigg ( Wensleydale).

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Cheesemaking: Putting Curd into a Cheesecloth
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Cheesemaking: Putting Curd into a Cheesecloth

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott taking dry curd from the copper cheese kettle, and putting it into a cheesecloth, in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale).

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Cheesemaking: Breaking up the Cheese Mixture
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Cheesemaking: Breaking up the Cheese Mixture

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott breaking up cheese mixture in a copper kettle with a wire breaker (curd cutter?), in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale).

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Cheesemaking: Cheese Bandages
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Cheesemaking: Cheese Bandages

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott sewing calico bandages around pressed and pickled curd in order to preserve its shape, at her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale).

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Dry Stone Wall
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Dry Stone Wall

Brunk Wille

1967

End of a dry stone wall, showing throughs and courses, next to a field near Hinderwell (North Yorkshire). The end of the wall is next to the field gate. A milk can stands in front of the gate.

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Cheesemaking: Hanging up the Curd
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Cheesemaking: Hanging up the Curd

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott lifting curd wrapped in a cheesecloth from a metal bucket ready for hanging, at her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale). The curd will be hung up in the cheesecloth for about 4 hours t...

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Norwegian Butterdish
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Norwegian Butterdish

January 1965

Carved wooden butterdish, or Smorbutt, from the Sogn og Fjordan region (Norway). The butterdish is wrapped in a linen tablecloth and woollen ribbons, made by a traditional weaver from Sogn og Fjordan ...

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Cheesemaking: Cheese Kettle and Sile
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Cheesemaking: Cheese Kettle and Sile

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott siling the evening's milk into a copper cheese kettle through a sile (or milk strainer) held in place with sile briggs, in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale). The milk will be use...

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Cheesemaking: Cheese Press
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Cheesemaking: Cheese Press

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott putting a chessput, or vat, full of curd into a cheesepress, outside her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale). The cheese press is a specialised lever press made of metal, which dates f...

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Donkey as Pack Animal
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Donkey as Pack Animal

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Donkey used for carrying milk to the village from the hillside, outside a stone barn at West End Farm, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The donkey wears a home-made pack saddle, onto which milk cans have...

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Cheesemaking: Crumbling the Curd
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Cheesemaking: Crumbling the Curd

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott crumbling curd into a wooden chessput, or vat, at her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale). The vat is constructed of wooden staves and metal hoops, some of which are pierced at the bas...

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Sound Recordings, [Liverpool]

Bond, Francis Keith

[1973/1974]

Kathy Bond [collector's mother] relates her recollections of living in the Huyton area of Liverpool during World War Two - air raids, prisoners-of-war, transit camps, VJ Day celebrations, rationing, m...

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