The first of a two-parter. Words and pictures from a world-beating mill at the heart of the Heavy Woollen District in the north of England.
Read the first half of the write-up — which includes that charmer of the mill-age, the teasel-gig (above) — here. And also note that overshirts and jackets using wool and cashmere from the mill will make their way online-wards over the next few months.
The workshop was built over a century ago, and for the past decade or more has served competently and compactly as company headquarters. Garments aren’t made here, of course — that’s the purview now of makers across the British Isles — but it is quite handy for the development of them.
S.E.H Kelly
1 Cleve Workshops, Boundary Street, London E2 7JD.
020 3397 0449
Not open very much at all, these days, the workshop. Still, look out for the first workshop in the row, and if the lights are on, step on inside why not.