How do the King’s Guards keep out the cold and rain? Easy, they wear tunics made from the most fantastic pure wool melton cloth made by AW Hainsworth of Pudsey in West Yorkshire.
At CC we love natural fibres; we love way they feel when you wear them, we love that they last a long time and get better with age, and we love that they’re kind to the planet.
This month is The Campaign for Wool's Global Wool Month so in celebration of this noble and ancient fibre we thought we’d share some thoughts about wool.
Many generations back, my dad’s family were hill farmers and shepherds, and I’ve always felt a strong pull to our upland regions. I have the greatest admiration and respect for those people who make their living off the land (maybe even a touch of envy).
We are deeply saddened by the death of her Majesty The Queen.
She had an endless capacity for kindness, compassion and tolerance. She provided an unwavering moral and spiritual example in a society which increasingly needs one. She was goodness personified.
At Community Clothing we are fairly fanatical about reducing waste and one of the ways we do this is to use what our industry calls ‘Deadstock’, a rather unpoetic name for, often, some pretty great fabrics.
Fabrics become deadstock for various reasons: the shade may not be quite right, a brand may have been forced to over-order because of minimum quantities, or sometimes designer simply change their minds. Either way, each year millions of metres of perfectly good fabric finds itself without a good home to go to. And we think that’s a crime.
When Team England step out at the opening ceremony at next month’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham they will be wearing Community Clothing. And we couldn’t be prouder.
Alexandra Meadows, at the top of the precipitous Dukes Brow in Blackburn, is home to the men and women of the East Lancs Crown Green Bowling Club and has been ever since the club’s establishment in 1867.
In 2017, after over 269 years as an independent club, they were joined there by the members of Blackburn Subscription Bowling Club (the worlds oldest) following a merger with the East Lancs, bringing with them their impressive haul of silverware and centuries of memorabilia. Together they are a force to be reckoned with in Lancastrian crown green bowling.
Hand linking socks is both expensive and time consuming but creates a seamless perfectly flat finish giving the greatest comfort and durability. The art of hand linking requires skill, experience, enormous manual dexterity, and excellent vision.
Desmond Castle began his career in textiles aged just 15 at D. Whitefords, manufacturers of underlay for carpets. Today he works at Century Dying, part of British Millerain, in Elland, UK where he operates the stentor which uses high temperature and pressure to coat and cure the cotton fabrics used in our waterproof outerwear.
