The Portland Butter Factory was formally opened in 1912. Reminder from W. Tulloh, Secretary of the Portland Butter Factory Company, Limited: that instalments for shares in Company were due, in the sum of £2.15.0. Printed letter on paper, amounts handwritten in black ink. Small hole in top middle of paper, stains and discolouration of the paper.Dear Sir, Madam, / I have to remind you that the under- / mentioned Instalments are due in respect of / your Shares in The Portland Butter Factory / Company, Limited. / As the Directors urgently need this / money to carry on the Factory, I must ask you / to let me have immediate payment. / Yours faithfully, / W.TULLOH, / Secretary, Portland.portland butter factory, administration, accounts, betty vivian collection

Photograph of Portland Butter Factorydairy, portland butter factory

For many years the Heywood Cheese Factory was an important part of life for Heywood and district farming and a vital place of employment for up to 40 men and 10 women. The factory opened in 1939 as a subsidiary of the Portland Butter Factory before becoming a world renowned cheese making enterprise. It was felt important to document its history from the surviving factory workers, including dairy suppliers and milk truck drivers. We hear their stories of the long hours and hard work without penalty rates, travelling unsealed roads and mixed with their humour of the bygone days is an important acknowledgement of that era. [blurb on back cover]This oral history provides significant material relating to the dairy industry in south west Victoria during the mid 20th century. The interviews give first-hand recollections of the interviewees involvement in the industry from a point of view of factory workers, milk pick-up drivers and farmers.Full colour DVD cover has photograph of Heywood Cheese factory and photographs of girls with calves, milk cans on a truck and workers in the cheese room, superimposed on a photograph of dairy cows grazing in a paddock. The DVD has the photograph of the cows grazing in the paddock.Heywood Cheese/An oral history on film (front) For many years Heywood Cheese Factory was ... [see historical information] Edited by Garry Kerr for the Heywood Pioneer Wagon Shed/ Museum History Group who wish to gratefully acknowledge the/ support of the Victorian Government and Public Records Office/ Victoria for making this project possible. Duration: 70 minutesallansford, heywood, cheese factories, cheese manufacturing, dairying, cheese

Black and white photograph of a wooden house with verandah and water tanks to the right. Eight horse-drawn carts with milk containers (tin) stand in front. Photograph affixed to cream card. Card is mounted onto dark grey matt board with typed label below image.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)

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