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| Kate Middleton's great-grandma inspires a Yorkshire blanket | Kate Middleton's great-grandma inspires a Yorkshire blanket |
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| The West Riding and blankets go together, even in the grimmest circumstances. The late John Walker, head of a family blanket-making firm in the Spen Valley, was also chairman of the Dewsbury bench which committed the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, for trial in 1981. | The West Riding and blankets go together, even in the grimmest circumstances. The late John Walker, head of a family blanket-making firm in the Spen Valley, was also chairman of the Dewsbury bench which committed the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, for trial in 1981. |
| Interest at the mill was naturally intense; it is hard to imagine now quite how fearful Sutcliffe's crimes had made the affected areas of the county. When Walker returned, staff crowded round. He called for hush and took the tension out of the occasion by saying: | Interest at the mill was naturally intense; it is hard to imagine now quite how fearful Sutcliffe's crimes had made the affected areas of the county. When Walker returned, staff crowded round. He called for hush and took the tension out of the occasion by saying: |
| First let me tell you: you'll have seen that he had a blanket over his head. Well, it was one of ours. | First let me tell you: you'll have seen that he had a blanket over his head. Well, it was one of ours. |
Duvets have unsettled the blanket market but not destroyed it. What, after all, is a throw, but a blanket in fancy modern form? And sure enough, our local textile companies are on to this. Later this week, at the Home London show in Earl's Court, the world will be introduced to the Lupton Blanket, named after the Duchess of Cambridge's great-grandmother. | Duvets have unsettled the blanket market but not destroyed it. What, after all, is a throw, but a blanket in fancy modern form? And sure enough, our local textile companies are on to this. Later this week, at the Home London show in Earl's Court, the world will be introduced to the Lupton Blanket, named after the Duchess of Cambridge's great-grandmother. |
| Wrapping yourself in one of these will set you back £450 but the quality is assured because its maker is Hainsworth's, the Farsley company celebrated in recent times for making woollen coffins and before that for spotting, early on, the inevitable effect on snooker's popularity of the coming of colour TV. The firm diversified in good time into manufacturing green baize; two children at my sons' primary had a Dad at the mill and at fancy dress parties they always came as Maid Marian and Robin Hood. | Wrapping yourself in one of these will set you back £450 but the quality is assured because its maker is Hainsworth's, the Farsley company celebrated in recent times for making woollen coffins and before that for spotting, early on, the inevitable effect on snooker's popularity of the coming of colour TV. The firm diversified in good time into manufacturing green baize; two children at my sons' primary had a Dad at the mill and at fancy dress parties they always came as Maid Marian and Robin Hood. |
| Hainsworth's took over William Lupton & Son, which belonged to Kate Middleton's great-grandma Olive Lupton, in 1958 and they have this to say about the Lupton Blanket: | Hainsworth's took over William Lupton & Son, which belonged to Kate Middleton's great-grandma Olive Lupton, in 1958 and they have this to say about the Lupton Blanket: |
| As a cherished piece of Scarlet & Argent heritage, the Lupton family crest is the inspiration for this exquisite blanket. Colour available: White and red, size 275x254cm. | As a cherished piece of Scarlet & Argent heritage, the Lupton family crest is the inspiration for this exquisite blanket. Colour available: White and red, size 275x254cm. |
You can read more here about the new range from the firm, which also provided the uniform cloth for Prince William as bridegroom and Prince Harry as best man at the wedding which brought the houses of Lupton and Windsor together. Other new items include the suitably northern-sounding Twill & Granite and Dale & Moor Throws - the latter described as: | You can read more here about the new range from the firm, which also provided the uniform cloth for Prince William as bridegroom and Prince Harry as best man at the wedding which brought the houses of Lupton and Windsor together. Other new items include the suitably northern-sounding Twill & Granite and Dale & Moor Throws - the latter described as: |
| A modern and eco-friendly tribute to the traditional wool-drying process in which cloth was stretched over wooden tenter frames and pinned in place with hooks - the process which gave us the expression 'on tenterhooks'. | A modern and eco-friendly tribute to the traditional wool-drying process in which cloth was stretched over wooden tenter frames and pinned in place with hooks - the process which gave us the expression 'on tenterhooks'. |
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