The Dentdale Story
Men, Women & Children
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For women, especially, the harsh conditions prevailing on a Dales farm in those days would be untenable by modern standards. Their life was often one of endless toil, cleaning, washing, making clothes, feeding the livestock and helping their menfolk out in the fields in all weathers.
And of course alongside all this there was the daily quota of knitting to complete, for Dentdale was at one time a veritable power-house of hand-knitting, the profits from which provided an often essential addition to their meagre farming income. The knitting boom was at its endless supply of warm clothing such as gloves, socks, jerkins, pullovers and caps for the fighting services. The tale of the "terrible knitters of Dent" and their amazing dexterity is recounted in full at the Centre, together with displays of the special tools involved and a collection of old photographs of the last few practitioners of this sadly now dying craft.
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Dent Village Heritage Centre
Dent, Nr. Sedbergh, Cumbria
LA10 5QJ
United Kingdom
Tel: 015396 25800
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