Damn his charity, we'll have the cheese for naught! Nottingham's great cheese riot and other 1766 food riots - Valentine Yarnspinner

Illustration of a protest to reduce the price of grain

Superb pamphlet by Valentine Yarnspinner published by the People's Histreh group about a cheese riot in Nottingham in 1766, and other food riots of the time.

Taken from https://peopleshistreh.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/cheese-riots-pamphlet/

cheeseriotsebook.pdf (521.23 KB)

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