The Great Cheese Riot of 1766
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- In 1766 in Nottingham, England what began as anger over a poor harvest spiraled out of control, and soon rioters were breaking windows and stealing from shops. But it was the object of the looting that made this riot unique. The rioters were after cheese.
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Wallace: “Every Society is only Three Skipped Cheeses from Chaos, Gromit!”
I'm only rioting if there's no Wendslydale.
We forgot the pitchforks Grommet! We forgot the pitchforks!
@@grandetaco4416 You make me want to recite the entire Cheese Shop sketch from Monty Python.
Someone's been at me cheese.
@@calanon534 PLEASE DO!! 😂😂😂 I can't resist some good Monty Python humor 😂😂😂😂
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I agree.
🧐 What's really interesting is I can see @TheHistoryGuy replied to you but I can't see it?? His own comment appears to be shadow-banned on his own channel! 😯🤦
Thats because they know by their own devices that famine is coming here to the USA as well !!!!
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Me and my dad sort of gravitated to your channel after Dick Estell retired from radio... you need something informative while you are hopelessly fishing at sunset, thank you for the work you do and the memories you help create.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannelyou should consider doing a video on William Huntington Russell.
As the old saying goes: When the poor have nothing left to eat, they will eat the rich.
Sooo ... is it too much of a stretch to presume that those "cheese thieves" were sent to America and settled in Wisconsin???
Grate comment!
@@bikabill5182👏🏻🧀
Yeap they became cheese heads😅
I'd rather die of starvation than get sent to Wisconsin.
Give me cheddar or give me milk
I have heard people threaten to do it many times, but this is the first time I have heard of someone actually "reading the Riot Act".
The Riot Act was passed in Great Britain in 1714. Basically reading it out to an assembled bunch of people, any group of 12 or more considered to be unlawfully assembled, ordered them to disperse or face punitive action. So, "pack it in, go home, or else." You had an hour to comply. Or else included anything up to the local militia wading in with swords and muskets, see the Peterloo massacre, 1819 in Manchester.
The origins of so many of our modern phrases...deserve to be remembered.
Right, and I thought the riot act would be more profound, it's actually quite mild. But if the militia came in in an hour, that's where the power comes from. Interesting, thanks for the militia info!
I was actually thinking recently that I wanted to research "the riot act" and then up pops this video 😄.
This is literally where the saying comes from. 😂
Whato old chap,
I am a Nottinghamian and we have been taught the Royal Charter that gave Nottingham its right to hold a fair (now known as Goose Fair) was dated 1284. Goose Fairs are numbered from that date. Incidentally Goose Fair still exists but is now one of the biggest funfairs in Europe with (it is claimed) 500 attractions.
Nottinghamian? You are a Snot .
It’s just dawned on me, if there was ever a type of riot I’d like to see…. It would have to be a cheese riot…
It is also the root cause of the Irish famine. Food, produced largely by the poor on the land of the landowners, is exported by the landowners to the highest bidder, leaving the poor to starve. Parliament, stacked with the same landowners, passed laws to protect their own interests, much like today. Starvation was seen as an indication of overpopulation, the solution being either the many starving to death or transportation to the colonies, there being seen, at the time, not much difference between the two.
What's most infuriating about the Irish famines is that they could've been severely reduced if the food grown for export/taxes would've been given to those in need. It probably would've been more profitable too, as the famine caused mass starvation and a giant exodus. In fact, modern Ireland still has a lower population than before the potato blight
@@HATECELL Insufficient food results in higher prices. The poor are unable to pay. The food is shipped to more affluent markets thus maximizing profits. This Is still true today.
Britain routinely exported its poor to the colonies. Feeding the poor with free food ran counter to that policy.
I love the great "Herring Riot" as told by Betty White, in The Golden Girls. Her home-spun dialogue is very funny.
God rest her soul, she was one of a kind.
Omg I forgot about that one! Rose Nyland was a hilarious character and Betty played her so well!
My husband is on the road all the time, but if he was home you could bet that the history channel would be on, he drove all five of our children crazy when they were little watching history all the time and before they were school age they could tell anyone that you have to know your history or you are bound to repeat it. He looks forward to every video of yours when they come out. Watching TH-cam videos while he is out kills time and keeps him entertained
You think he's on the road but really is with his 2nd family 😮
@@Chris-us6pkyou're a whole ass
History channel teaches kids that aliens built the pyramids
"The Cheese Shop" sketch *is* based on reality!
Who knew?
The History Guy knew.
I'm from a town about 30 miles from Nottingham, and know a bit about local history, but this is the first I've ever heard of the cheese riots of 1766. A very interesting story from our history that deserves to be remembered.
I'm a Nottinghamian and keen on my city's history and heritage but I've never heard of this particular riot until now.
Some things never change. The steep climb in prices US consumers paid for natural gas last winter was largely driven by massive exports of gas to Europe. While there were humanitarian reasons to justify these exports, they created enormous profits for gas companies while straining the budgets of American families and leaving some people in the cold.
The companies must do what the gov't dictates. Don't blame them.
@@sallyjune4109 ?
@@sallyjune4109 I can only assume your comment was meant to be sarcastic. If oil company executives were crying while signing contracts to send gas overseas they can only have been cries of joy. Oil company profits hit record highs last winter while many Americans could not afford to pay for gas to heat their homes.
Edam! This is going to be a Gouda one!
He included the cheeseiest tie in to piracy imaginable
I bet THG is a cheddarbox, in his spare time...
That’s three for three Steve’s btw
I do t even want to think how Wallace and Gromit would react to a cheese riot!
Nearly had a cheese riot this morning. No cheese left for my omelet. Until I discovered some hidden string cheese in the back. Crisis averted. Lol.
Haha, the great thing about cheese is that it has a long shelf life. Unless it's processed American cheese (obviously plenty of great cheeses here; I'm referring to the processed brand). Then it gets moldy almost instantaneously. It's like the preservatives are on a collective timer.
@@dner75-xh9le, Note that the cheese which Lance is holding here and which is portrayed in the thumbnail photo is orange, which means it's not real cheese, it's processed and colored. " Velveeta/ It's the Spam of the cheeses, it's sure to appease, it's Velveeta/it's like cheese with the perfect disguise....." From the song "Family Restaurant" by the twisted folk-rock trio Uncle Bonsai
I don't know if they're still around but there used to be a band that called itself the String Cheese Incident.😊
@@goodun2974they're like a spiritual successor to The Grateful Dead
@@butterman0007 , the only "Jam Band" that I've enjoyed since the Grateful Dead is Government Mule. Phish is boring; Dave Matthews even more so (despite Tim Reynolds being a phenomenal guitar player; his solo band TR3 was good). I don't think I ever actually heard string cheese incident but I'm familiar with the name. I'm still reeling from the death of multi instrumentalist David Lindley who I got to see a number of times over the years, both with his mutant Reggae-rock band ElRayo-X ax and in various solo and duet configurations.
Your enunciation and emphases on the word "cheese" reminded me so much of Peter Sallis's portrayal of the cheese loving "Wallace" from the Wallace and Gromit series. Thank you.
Are you implying that Nottingham , that produces Stilton, would resort to inferior Wenslydale? 😵😵💫
@@51WCDodge Henry Wenslydale runs the cleanest cheese shop in the district
@@51WCDodge Personally I'll go with a nice crumbly Lancashire, I'll leave you to argue the case between Stilton and Wenslydale.
I'm from the Midwest in the United States, please don't use words that I'm unable to pronounce. Thank you.
@@timmick6911 and what do you base that on?
So people who were prone to rioting, looting, and standing up for what they believe is right were sent to America. Those people had children with those tendencies. 🤔 we do like to riot and make a fuss when pushed, and we do have a lot of jerks who take advantage of it. Very interesting, THANK YOU for this cool video!
Kinda disturbing!
Thought I was watching Wallace and Gromit for a minute... "CHEESE!"
I come from Nottingham, recognizing locations mentioned here, finding this rendition most interesting
Say cheese.
Now CHEESE, that's something worth fighting about...
True.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel You done a video about the various shenanigans involving Maple Syrup in Quebec yet???
I was born and grew up in Nottingham, England and I this is the first time I have ever heard of the cheese riots. But I certainly do know about the Goose Fair - still going strong and a major local annual event which always boasted being the largest fair in the country. It's amazing what history lies right under our noses. Great channel, thanks.
After the first twenty-five years of the United Nations’ history, a review of its record was made. The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin of October 18, 1970, quoted U Thant, then United Nations secretary-general, as saying:
“I am very much afraid that although we have been able to reach the moon, we often show incredibly shortsighted selfishness, complacency and indifference when it comes to meeting the great challenges we face here on earth.”
In 2009, a United Nations publication said that bad rulership is increasingly being viewed as “one of the root causes of all evil within our societies.”
Some 3,000 years ago, King Solomon wrote: “I saw the tears of the oppressed, and there was no one to comfort them. And their oppressors had the power.” Ecclesiastes 4: 1
Things have not improved.
Well chosen quotes. And around 54 years ago, Gil Scott-Heron wrote:
"A rat done bit my sister Nell, With whitey on the moon,
Her arms and legs began to swell, And whitey's on the moon,
I can't pay no doctor's bills, But whitey's on the moon,
Ten years from now, I'll be paying still, While whitey's on the moon."
A great song/poem from a great poet.
Well the UN would know all about incredibly shortsighted selfishness, complacency and indifference along with bad rulership they are the world's leading experts at it.
The cheese riots led to a further shortage of 'e's, and towards the end, poor folk had to resort to demanding "dairy product" instead. Several printing establishments were burned down, having been accused of stockpiling that staple vowel.
As usual, you can make any historical event interesting.
That’s Gouda work, History Guy.
The Brits really 'cut the cheese' on this one!😂
It's ironic the heroes of the American Revolution originally took part in the cheese riots!😮
They got cheesed off alright.
Дякую за цікаве та пізнавальне відео 👍
Thank you, Lance for making this happen!😊
The prices of food these days!…..
"People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell." ~Proverbs 11:26
First heard about this when I visited the National Justice Museum in Nottingham, it's well worth a visit!
I mentally pictured the riots as kicking off after the Monty Python cheeseshop sketch. "Do you have any gouda?" No. "Waaaaaaaghhhh!!"
The whole thing had a Pthonesque feel to it, and would have been a great skit for the Pythons but for the horror that these were _food_ riots. FOOD RIOTS DUE TO AN EXTENDED CHANGE IN CLIMATE.
With all that stuff about wheat, I was wondering what it had to with cheese.
Thanks👍🏼 for sharing this with us.
I can appreciate their anger. There’s not much I would riot over, but I could probably be pushed to riot if I couldn’t get cheese.Real cheese, not that American fake cheese. My wife calls me a cheese snob. I honestly cannot argue with her.
Economize anywhere except coffee and cheese.
Recently this woman was beat up and her boyfriend was stabbed because she didn't have cheese on her burger 😒 The More things change the more they stay the same
The court case heard yesterday by the supreme concerning whether people accused of spousal abuse should be able to own or purchase weapons was brought on behalf of a guy who had committed a half-dozen firearms offenses in public , Beginning with dragging his girlfriend across the parking lot by her hair and banging her around as he forced her into the car and then shooting at a bystander who tried to intervene, And also including firing his pistol into the air from a car in line at a fast food drive through when his friends Credit card was declined and they couldn't buy lunch.
As a cheese lover….yeah, I can get behind this. Don’t touch my feta.
Ironically for those that did get arrested, standard prison fare at the time was... bread and cheese.
🤣
🕶 YEEEAAAAHHHHH
Especially considering that there was no famine in the New World, at the time.
@@oneproudbrowncoat are you serious?
@@AlphaGeekgirl "I am, and don't call me Shirley."
Sounds like a Goon Show script;
"I say Harry, Peter, why don't we do the Great Cheese Riot?"
"Sorry Spike, that's just too silly, we're going with The Dreaded Lurgi instead".
A tale fit for Sheogorath himself, I can imagine him cackling while riding a wave of cheese wheels downhill into the mayor
This was fascinating, but I must confess I was tickled throughout thinking 'oh man, this guy sounds like the Grand Nagus from Star Trek'. Which I mean as a compliment, because I could listen to Wallace Shawn all day. In fact, it compels me to watch another video and learn a thing or two in the process.
Here in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, we celebrate Saint Michael festival. Are festivities are called Goose Day, September 27, no cheese is involved.
So imagine being so hungry and poor that you stealing cheese brings you to a new continent that has lower taxes and bountiful harvest and the ability to own your own land?
What a punishment!
The cheese riot was started when the cheese was cut, and someone said " who cut the cheese" ?
It really grates me that all that cheese was stolen, Yet it melts my heart that someone got to enjoy it!😊
Someone got into a pickle though!
Gouda one! 😂
@@robertsimpson4532 Swiss...nothing but net.
Cheese is a wedge issue no matter how you slice it; and especially if you "cut it"!😂
After the riot there was a lot of de-brie.
And I always thought that cheddar cheese was orange in color. It turns out that a dye is added. It actually is naturally white in color.
Cook much? ;)
Yellow, surely. Actually, according to Google, it has to do with the move from pastures to feed lots. Cheddar used to be naturally orange, but paled in colour as the diets of cows changed. So I can see the reasoning, but the rest of the world does consider the practice of dying it orange to be a bit weird.
Depends on the cows feed.. yes its yellow shading into white naturally.
Dye is used because consumers expect yellow cheese
OLD National Dairy Ass. bumper sticker: "HONK IF YOU LOVE CHEESES"
HOOOOONK
Hunger makes people cranky.
3:33 Look at that lazy dog, and that horse, just standing there, lol
12:15 Thievery on the High Cheese!
Nice ending! You nailed that look. 😂😂
Cheese piracy? Arrr, matey, hand over the Gouda or I’ll scuttle ye!
Cheddarrrr!
The Riot Act! Didn’t know that was a thing!
imagine thinking cheese is worth enough to shoot people over
My ancestor of the same last name came to the colonies in 1774 for stealing a chicken. He was transported as a thief. Dude just wanted some Popeye's.
Haha you ate cheese at the end of the video what a rebel ! Love your content bro !
I sat down to watch this video, and had to stop within the first minute to go get some cheese. Mmm... Sharp Vermont Cheddar...
I fear that something similar could be coming soon to an America near you.
Wallace enters the chat 💬
Thank you for the video.
I just want my political leaders to know that cheese is my red-line-in-the-sand, too...
Should Queen Marie Antoinette have come over and intervened, proclaiming, "Let them eat cheese!" 🧀
Thanks. God bless.
This episode made me so hungry...
"GIVE ME CHEESE, OR GIVE ME DEATH!!"
Sign me up.
Great presentation. The best, though, was the moment of silence at the end, with you eating the cheese. The gravitas adds so much more than a final word on the subject.
Congratulations. You did well; very well.
I couldn't Brie-lieve the title! (I'll see myself out now lol)
I loved this, thank you! I had no idea about cheese riots.
Riot act is read a lot in UK?
But cheese - especially right proper English cheese is worth rioting over - especially Stilton
Welsh cheese is also awesoome
Cheese isnt a word anymore after listening to this.
Cheese.
Did you say the armed cheese convoys were “raided” or “grated?” Couldn’t quite hear you.
"We're out of cheese, Grommit!" - Wallace
Did you hear about the cheese factory explosion in France?
There found nothing but de brie
This has a potential to be a funny netflix series 😅
Appropriate shirt!
Give us this day our daily bread and circus!
Destroying mills. What a brilliant way to reduce food shortages!
Mobs aren't always comprised of geniuses. Sometimes the group is augmented with people that didn't make MENSA. 🤷♀️🍁
Blessed are the cheesemakers!
"What's so special about cheesemakers?"
"Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products."
There would never have been such a shortage of cheese if the landed gentry hadn't kept cutting down all the cheese trees. 🧀🌳
At the end it would have made me proud if you said, "For the crime of stealing Cheese, you could be Americanized."
A lot of people were cheesed off.
Because in part of the high expenses of keeping troops to protect the colonies, England imposed high taxes. The people had no money for food and had food riots. One penalty was transportation to the colonies, which did not pay the taxes imposed.
Yet, 10 years after this cheese riot, the infamous Boston Tea Party occurred, because of taxes imposed by the British.
Then when Parlement started imposing taxes payable in cash on the Colonists so that the colonies could bear part of the expenses that they were causing the government, there wasn't enough currency in circulation for all of the colonists to pay the tax in coin. People who had prosperous farms, businesses, and plantations still ran into a cash crunch and could lose their land, property, or even freedom (debtor's prison and being sold into indentured servitude for debt) from being unable to pay the cash taxes. They were also prohibited from selling their produce anywhere overseas except directly to the UK and were dependent on agents in England to get a decent price for their exports. It was the root cause of the American Revolution because it impacted colonists up and down all levels of the economic system.
Great chess riot! (Riot!)
Throw down your cheddar and Gruyère
If'n I steel this 'ere cheese, you gon send me to the colonies? Oi bruv, don treaten me wit a goode tyme!
I just discovered this channel and I am going through all of the food history playlist and learning so much! Thanks for remembering the history that the rest of the world would have forgotten. ❤
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@@Johnpalmer-eq7yq😂 what?
@@Johnpalmer-eq7yq WTF, what drugs are you on?
It's a good channel, well worth watching.
thanks
13:13 I believe that is the most dreaded punishment that can be given. 😂
Cheese cheese! Glorious cheese I'm ready to riot now woo!! Hoo!!!
K eating some sharp cheddar as we watch
Just the first of our rebellious past, gotta have that cheese
Ahhh that last bit was a joke about our notoriously horrible orange cheese!! Basically a cheese bastardization
Interesting. Thank you
I saw that! You slippin a little Piracy in that cheezy story.
Good Morning THG and happy wednesday fellow students
Hump day!
You've produced another classic here, and many thanks for it. I do love this side of history: not the doings of 'great men', but the weight of common people forcing change from below.
The standard/official view of English history strives to portray it as a land of bucolic peace and plenty, spoiled only by a few malcontents (today known as communists); but in fact riots, insurrections and even open armed rebellions were pretty common occurrences.
As late as 1910, the coalmining areas of Wales broke out in rebellion, which was the last time that mounted dragoons were sent against a civil population. They failed abysmally, being unable to manoeuvre horses around the steep hillsides and narrow lanes of the mining villages, especially with the populace (mostly the women) emptying chamber pots over them from upper storey windows.
Emptying chamber pots on unwelcome people's heads is probably the only thing that could tempt me into occasionally using and emptying a chamber pot. 😂 Except, I do greatly appreciate modern plumbing. And such an activity would probably get me arrested, for "life endangerment by a hazardous substance" or something. 💩😈
@@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 I couldn't agree more about the benefits of modern plumbing.
The 'contents of a chamber pot' as a weapon (non-lethal) was actually (and understandably) pretty commonly employed, including at Cable Street - the day in 1936 that Fascism died in Britain.
Yeah, British plumbing was pretty primitive pre-WW2 - except for the rich, of course.
...making it an act of cheese piracy...because.... I was laughing by this point... and knew exactly what the next words were to be....
The term "hoarder" certainly gets abused when those who fail to prepare are left wanting.
I had big plans for it but I cracked open my brick of Welsh Cheddar as soon as I saw this vid pop up.
Cheese Whiz, what's going on. That must have been pretty guda.
I have always thought that the moon looked like Swiss cheese because of the craters.