Snail Eating
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: ...a snail of the land? Ask Mr Penny of Wells, Somerset, who collects them as a delicacy to eat, just as they do in France. We go with him through the Cheddar Gorge in Mendip Hill country, where the limestone makes them grow succulent, and we come with him to the Miner’s Arms on the hills where the Romans had their lead mines. Here they are the speciality of a restaurant that has gained renown. You may be blind to the fact that some people think snails an essential part of high-living but...
- Keywords
- Food and cooking
- Locations
- England; Somerset; Mendip Hills
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- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Richard Norton
- Length of story (in feet)
- 209
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'Snail Eating', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 534, 18 Mar 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121628 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)