Today was a little different as I had to renew my museums friends membership at the Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum which is just outside Nottingham. The website link is here and this video explains things a lot better than I could.
As it was a quiet day in the museum, after a cup of coffee I was able to wander around the machine shop on my own and take photos.
and one of the machines so you can see the whole thing.
I also popped over the road to the village museum as it is only open two hours a week ! like many small museums, its an old school house containing artifacts rescued from various buildings.
The chip shop caught my eye, abandoned when the owner went to war in 1941 it was rediscovered in 1985. the owner had lived a recluse since returning and after his death, family members were astounded to find the cip shop still in the parlour exactly as he left it in 1941, fat still in the fryers, money in the till and his coat hanging up. The fryer, counter and all the other implements ar now in the museum.
The pharmacy cupboards etc were rescued from being destroyed when the chemist was refitted so they form an interesting corner.
The museum is very hands on, things are passed down off the shelf to you, children have mole hunt map ( looking for the stuffed toys)
Looking through an assortment of pegs, dolly pegs, gypsy peg with the tin bindings, I found these. Anyone know why they have a hole in them?
A very small amount of spinning was done over coffee at the museum
1 comment:
What a fascinating place!
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