Midlands-made horn buttons

Paul Vincent

Horn button makers in the British Isles weren't always so tricky to come by, but now, for one well-trod reason or another, this is only one.

Moving as it has with the times, the factory no longer occupies its premises of the last two centuries, and its factory floor is now a fittingly 21-century one. Dig around, though, and you'll be reminded that it is steeped in history: much of it is knocking around in abundance at your feet. Read more about the last horn button maker in England here.

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T-shirt ou pas t-shirt
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Herdwick on the grapevine
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Factory record
Consider the bumblebee. A ludicrous little fella: oblivious entirely to the impossibility of his fuzzy and rotund form being able to fly. One might wonder, if he stopped to think... Lire plus...