When I was researching some convicts (Australian emigrants), I came across Trove - http://trove.nla.gov.au/ and a search for Frome produced a number of references to Frome Cheese Show. Some Australian Cheeses were sent as entries. The Prize money was pretty good. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 9:38 AM Subject: [B&S] Annual Frome Cheese Show (was Bristol Doors Open Day 2012 -- Saturday 8th. September) > On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:18:45 +0100, Jim Parsons <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Unfortunately, the same day as the Annual Frome Cheese Show. > > Hi Jim and Listers, > > Of course I had to take a look at this and found information about the > event here: > > http://www.fromecheeseshow.co.uk/ > > I wonder what local cheeses our Somerset ancestors would have eaten > besides Cheddar Cheese. > > Besides the cheese, what would interest me at the show is the Country > Pursuit Area where you can learn about rural crafts such as stickmaking > and willow baskets. > > I note, too, that there will be an expert coracle maker there. Both my > husband and I would be interested in that as, years ago, Ian made his own > coracle and I wrote an article on coracles. > > There are different varieties of coracle. Ian's coracle is a Severn > coracle. > > Josephine > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message