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Last Post 25 Apr 2008 09:00 PM by Lindsay. 3 Replies.
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25 Apr 2008 09:00 PM
My friend from work lives in tutbury in staffordshire near to the castle. she was digging up her garden to lay out a new lawn and found two of these slabs. She took a picture and sent it to me. A market may have been situated around where she lives. Do any of you guys have any clues. My friend has them still and would like to know what they were used for etc... http://www.flickr.com/photos/22755890@N03/2188629657/
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25 Apr 2008 09:02 PM
You mention two of these slabs - do you have / can you get any more photos of the other? Were they found in situ i.e. how were they discovered? Is there anything on the reverse sides? Were there more than two? The more information you can provide, the better. Steve White
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25 Apr 2008 09:02 PM
I've asked around and the consensus seems to be that it's the base of a farm cheese press, probably late 19th, early 20th century. A wooden or metal cylinder would have stood on top of the cross, the two square holes are for uprights to upport a heavy weight and a crossbar with a screw to press it down - pressed the whey out of the curd cheese and the grooves helped it to drain away. The stone weights are fairly common on Lancashire farms and a few presees survive (there is one outside the Dewlay chees factory on the A6 near Garstang). Here's a drawing of one: http://www.wensleydale.org/local_history/#cheesepress Steve White
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25 Apr 2008 09:02 PM
Thanks steve - i will tell her what it is.
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