Lancashire cheese only 6–8 weeks, resulting in a crumbly, fresh, high-acid cheese. Lancashire cheese Lancashire is an English cow's-milk cheese from the county of Lancashire. There are three distinct varieties of Lancashire cheese. Young "Creamy Lancashire" and mature "Tasty Lancashire" are produced by a traditional method, whereas "Crumbly Lancashire" (more commonly known as "Lancashire Crumbly" within Lancashire) is a more recent creation suitable for mass production. It is traditionally paired with Eccles cakes and Chorley cakes. For centuries, Lancashire dairy farmers' wives made cheese from surplus milk. On small farms there was insufficient milk from a single day to make a cheese,
Fleming Eccles Council in 1903, and also to the local Board of Guardians. He stood down from his elected positions in 1906 as he became the Gas Workers' assistant district secretary for Lancashire, succeeding J. R. Clynes as district secretary in 1917. Eccles stood in Rutland and Stamford at the 1918 general election, taking 46.4% of the vote, and again in 1922, where his vote dropped to 32.9%. At the 1923 general election he instead stood in Bolton. This was a two-seat constituency, and his running mate Albert Law topped the poll, but Eccles could only take fifth place and again failed