Helen Farrar @HFransdotter
Knitting since 1966! Curator of Bradford Textile Archive & Dye House Gallery, Bradford School of Art Bradford Joined July 2021-
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Queen's Guide award 'pushes you out of your comfort zone...Completing it brings a massive sense of pride' How Girlguiding is empowering girls 👊 @Girlguiding_WYN @Girlguiding thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23350598.…
City Hall Bradford. A stunningly beautiful building reflecting Victorian Bradford’s civic pride. Its designer, William Mawson of ‘Lockwood & Mawson’ fame, has his final resting place at Undercliffe.
Floors to rub or irons to clean? Some help is offered from my 1830s manuscript cookbook. Useful or just utterly beautiful?
It's #NationalButtonDay 👕 Today we are celebrating the wonderful little fasteners that have been around since 2600 BCE, but first used to connect clothing in 13th century Germany 🇩🇪 up until that point they had been purely decorative 🤯 What's your fave thing about buttons? 🤔
When it comes to authentic costume fabrics for stage and screen, Hainsworth has been the industry's first choice for over 50 years. Our costume fabric range helps costumer designers to make a true connection to a production's historic setting. See more: bit.ly/3ftVIlu
Big thanks to David Whithorn of @BustoBradford for this moving piece on brothers who fought and died in WW1, commemorated at Undercliffe Cemetery @undercliffecem thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23113616.…
awesome visualization of europe’s changing powers, 1500-2022
Bradfordians get emotional seeing The King
King Charles looks like he's been having a great laugh so far during his visit to Bradford #KingCharlesBradford
A fantastic must-see exhibition packed full of memories and memorabilia of Bradford's New Victoria, Gaumont and Odeon 💃🕺📽️ @ImpGalleryPhoto @Bradford_Live thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23107359.…
It’s #LifelongLearningWeek! We are looking forward to celebrating all things adult education. This week we will be shouting about our fantastic adult learners and adult provision. Keep an eye out for our adult learner success stories and the benefits of our adult provision.
Only one week to go! Thinking about studying a course in Fashion? Apply now and study with us in January 2023! Join us at our Applicant coffee morning, 10am-12pm on Wednesday, the 9th of November. Book your place today! #Fashion @BdSchoolofArt bradfordcollege.ac.uk/events/studio-…
Photographed at Gainsborough in 1928 is Mr Thomas Gooday who at just over eighty years old had seventy years weaving experience. Follow the timeline below for a sense of our journey so far… gainsborough.co.uk/inside-gainsbo… #Gainsborough #GainsboroughWeaving
Highly versatile, our Vivid Hues Melton fabrics come in a daring selection of colours ranging from neutral to neon. View the range here: bit.ly/2Xkmxxn #fashion #design #wool
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An array of cotton yarns being wound together with viscose onto pirns to go into the shuttles on our 1930's Hattersley looms. This creates a lovely flecked weft effect used in a variety of our archive designs. #Gainsborough #GainsboroughWeaving
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