Police stop famous cheese used for Cheese Rolling from being made
- 5 years ago
Police were branded crackers yesterday (Thurs) after banning an elderly grandmother from making a massive Double Gloucester for an annual cheese rolling event.Farmer Diana Smart, 86, has been making a special hand-made wheel of cheese for the downhill run for a quarter of a century.The event started in the early
1800s and sees daredevils chasing cheese down the 200-yard Cooper's
Hill near Brockworth, Glos.Every year the massive 1ft diameter cheese
has been rolled down the hill - followed by brave competitors who risk
life and limb to chase it and reach the bottom first.But Diana, who has provided the large piece of cheese since 1988, has now been warned
off doing so for this year's race on Monday - after a visit by
police.Three officers visited her farm and told her not to donate five
8lb wheels of her cheese - in a bid to prevent the "dangerous" event.Diana, who makes cheese at her Old Ley Court farm in Churcham, Glos, was warned she could be liable for anybody injured - and so has
pulled out.
1800s and sees daredevils chasing cheese down the 200-yard Cooper's
Hill near Brockworth, Glos.Every year the massive 1ft diameter cheese
has been rolled down the hill - followed by brave competitors who risk
life and limb to chase it and reach the bottom first.But Diana, who has provided the large piece of cheese since 1988, has now been warned
off doing so for this year's race on Monday - after a visit by
police.Three officers visited her farm and told her not to donate five
8lb wheels of her cheese - in a bid to prevent the "dangerous" event.Diana, who makes cheese at her Old Ley Court farm in Churcham, Glos, was warned she could be liable for anybody injured - and so has
pulled out.