The book of The Cheese : $b Being traits and stories of "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese"
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The book of The Cheese : $b Being traits and stories of "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese"
Cheshire Cheese (Inn)
At the foot of the staircase leading up to the apartments sacred to
the fair Hebes of the House a sepia drawing by F. Cox claims our
notice. It is entitled “An interesting episode in the family history
of the House.” A stalwart favourite of the bar is snatching
a kiss, while two lovely colleagues of his beautiful victim are
tip-toeing down these very stairs to see the fun, and one pretty
forehead has just reached the corner of the wainscoting. And now as
the smiling beauties to the right of the picture bar our further
progress, let us descend to the kitchen, where the most interesting
objects are the original coal range and coal grill, which have been
in use for over a hundred years. Possibly nowhere in the wide world
is there a gastronomic temple of greater renown or more worthy of it,
for here have always been cooked in huge copper boilers the famous
pudding, the fire being fed and the pudding tended throughout the
whole night previous to the solemn and regular introduction of this
mammoth delicacy to the longing gaze of its patrons. That is the
hour when the analytical observer might make valuable studies of the
watering mouth.
Dinners, by the way, are now served in the Annexe. This room has been
formed by roofing with glass what was originally a court-yard. It
contains amongst the rest two famous original prints by H. Bunbury—“A
City Hunt” and “Hyde Park, 1780.” Other interesting prints are
“Destruction of the Bastile, July 14, 1789,” after a painting by H.
Singleton, and a line engraving by James Heath from a painting by F.
Wheatley of “The Riot in Broad Street on the 17th of June, 1773.”
Here also is a cabinet containing various articles which may be
purchased by visitors. The price list may be conveniently appended
here. It runs as follows:—
O.C.C. WARE, ETC. Each
_s._ _d._
Three-handle MUGS, silver mounted 50 0
Three-handle MUGS 10 0
Two-handle MUGS 7 6
One-handle MUGS 2 0
One-handle MUGS, silver mounted 21 0
Cream Jugs 1 0
Sugar Basins 1 0
Mustard Pots 1 0
Salt Cellars 1 0
Pepper Pots 1 0
Tea Pots —
Large. Small.
_s._ _d._ _s._ _d._
Badged Willow Pattern Plates 1 0 0 8
Badged Willow Pattern Dishes 1 0 0 8
POST CARDS.
No. 1 Series 6d. per packet.
No. 2 Series 6d. per packet.
Coloured Interior 1d. each.
Views of the House 6d. and 1s.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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