Abingdon Museum keeps a bun from every bun-throwing ceremony - the
collection goes back well into the 19th century. (This is a fun occasion
when the mayor and corporation stand on the roof of the town hall and
throw buns at the assembled populace to mark great national events. The
last one took place about two years ago). In Oxford Covered Market one of
the butchers still displays the original 19th century Oxford ham in his
window.
It's just one long riot in Berkshire and Oxfordshire!
Clare Sargent
Radley College
Oakman Phil <[log in to unmask]> on Friday, November 25, 2005
at 11:33 am +0000 wrote:
>I think 10 year old Kit Kats are unlikely to be fit for the purpose for
>which they were intended - never mind the disposal policy does the
>organisations H&S policy allow for the consumption of elderly chocolate
>products? Does conservation training now encompass confectionary?
>
>Phil Oakman
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Archivists, conservators and records managers.
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caroline Cradock
>Sent: 25 November 2005 11:10
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Biscuits!
>
>Does it not allow you to 'dispose of them in any way you see fit'?!
>Caroline
>
>
>>From: Dr Nicholas Hiley <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: Dr Nicholas Hiley <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Biscuits!
>>Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:34:28 -0000
>>
>>These comments are all valuable for new acquisitions, but we have just
>been
>>given a collection which already includes foodstuffs.
>>
>>We have just received the collection of the cartoonist Carl Giles,
>which
>>has
>>been in store since his death in 1995. It includes the entire contents
>of
>>his studio, and I opened one drawer recently to find two ten-year-old
>>KitKats. I suppose they have as much right to be there as his pens and
>>pencils.
>>
>>However, we might not need both of them. Under the terms of our
>>Acquisitions
>>and Disposals policy I should offer the spare one to another archive or
>>museum, and I will be happy to consider offers. I will have to check,
>but I
>>do not think the policy allows us to eat any acquisitions.
>>
>>Nick Hiley.
>>
>>***********************************************************************
>>
>>Dr Nicholas Hiley
>>Head of the Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature
>>Templeman Library
>>University of Kent
>>Canterbury
>>Kent CT2 7NU
>>United Kingdom
>>
>>Email [log in to unmask]
>>Tel. +44 (0)1227 827138
>>Fax +44 (0)1227 823127
>>URL http://www.kent.ac.uk/cartoons/
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Michael Webb" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 10:18 AM
>>Subject: Re: Biscuits!
>>
>>
>> > I agree with Grant's observations. The Bodleian Library has
>> > accumulated large collections of 'association' items over
>> > the last 400 years, and while some of these are of first
>> > rate historical interest, others are of no intrinsic value
>> > or interest and really just take up storage space.
>> >
>> > Guy Fawke's lantern was passed on to the Ashmolean many
>> > decades ago, and 'Joseph's coat' made from the skin of the
>> > Vegetable Lamb of Tartary seems to have disintegrated at
>> > some point before 1700.
>> >
>> > And that's as good an excuse to eat the biscuits as you
>> > will get.
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike Webb
>> > Western MSS.
>> > Bodleian Library
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:02:09 -0000 "Grant E. L. Buttars"
>> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I was recently at a conference on digital preservation and the
>> > > preservation of foodstuffs was used as an analogy. The case was
>put
>> > > that needs preserved is not the foodstuff itself but the recipe.
>Of
>> > > course this would not be possible in this case but surely the
>>evidential
>> > > value would be in the packaging, assuming there was some.
>> > >
>> > > Some 'food for thought' perhaps (my apologies).
>> > >
>> > > ---------------------------------
>> > > Grant E. L. Buttars
>> > > Deputy University Archivist
>> > > Special Collections
>> > > Edinburgh University Library
>> > > George Square
>> > > Edinburgh
>> > > EH8 9LJ
>> > > http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/speccoll/eua.shtml
>> > > tel: 0131 651 3852
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Archivists, conservators and records managers.
>> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Waite
>> > > Sent: 25 November 2005 09:42
>> > > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > > Subject: Re: Biscuits!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi Karen
>> > >
>> > > I am new to the list, and this newly created post, and so have
>been
>> > > quietly listening in a corner with interest but I am compelled to
>ask
>> > > for this most intersting question you posed - why?? What are your
>> > > intentions or thoughts? Are you wanting them kept forever or so
>they
>> > > can be opened xx number of years later and taste tested to a new
>> > > generation?
>> > >
>> > > As it is perishable would it not be easier to keep a programme or
>menu
>> > > or something? I am probably missing something very fundamental
>here
>>so
>> > > please feel free to correct me.
>> > >
>> > > We had a royal visit last year and I had to escort him around but
>of
>>all
>> > > the things we archived food did not occur to me. I am most
>fascinated
>> > > by your query and what results you come up! Please let us know.
>> > >
>> > > All the best
>> > > Karen
>> > >
>> > > Karen Waite
>> > > Corporate Records Manager for Cornwall & Isles of Scilly NHS
>> > > Megashed
>> > > Royal Cornwall Hospital
>> > > Truro. Cornwall. TR1 3HD
>> > >
>> > > Ph: 01872 256443
>> > > Fax: 01872 256442
>> > > email: [log in to unmask]
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >>> KBMorgan <[log in to unmask]> 11/24/05 12:12 pm >>>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hello everyone
>> > >
>> > > Believe it or not, this is a serious question about the best way
>to
>> > > store chocolate biscuits!
>> > >
>> > > We had a Royal Visit this week, and received Duchy original
>chocolate
>> > > thins to mark the occasion. I would like to keep one or two for
>> > > posterity - but how???
>> > >
>> > > Short of taking it to a friendly shopkeeper and asking him to
>vacuum
>> > > pack them - or perhaps that is the best answer?
>> > >
>> > > Any other ideas please?
>> > >
>> > > Many thanks
>> > >
>> > > Karen Morgan, NLCS
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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