Alice Bridge, Marple Hall cook - her collection of recipes

Alice Bridge, Marple Hall cook - her collection of recipes

A selection of 14 handwritten recipes which belonged to Alice Bridge, cook to the Isherwoods at Marple Hall. Two are written on Marple Hall headed notepaper, another on the back of an unused invoice belonging to her husband, Harry Bridge, sanitary engineer of 23 Church Lane, Marple. The recipes include coquilles of fish. simnel cake, damson wine, rhubarb jam and rice pudding. On the back of one is written "Don't lose these, they are 200 years old or more and I have won prizes with them".
Leaflet - 'Favourite recipes of Hawk Green mothers and their friends' Among these is 'Courting Cake'
Copy of Mrs Beeton's Cook Book 1899- stored on book shelf in Archive Collection.
Two photographs of servants at Marple Hall and other local scenes.
Email describing how these and other items were donated to the Archive by Pat Heap.

Pat Heap, niece of Alice Bridge, cook at Marple Hall

MAH/016/014
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