Voices From The Dales

Dialect pt.7: Kit Calvert, ‘Wass than nowt’

November 01, 2023 Andrew Fagg/Dales Countryside Museum Season 2 Episode 7
Voices From The Dales
Dialect pt.7: Kit Calvert, ‘Wass than nowt’
Show Notes

Kit Calvert, one time saviour of Wensleydale Cheese, is introduced.   A description is given of the recordings of him held at the Dales Countryside Museum.  From the 1977 Trevor Sharpe tapes, we hear Kit Calvert tell how his use of dialect made the Queen Mother laugh.  And it is revealed how Wensleydale dialect propelled Wensleydale cheese onto the national stage, with the help of a Mr Capstick.  Published on Wed 1 November 2023.