Ashby History Comes to Life

LOUDOUN GALLERY

2010 Season

Ashby has never really been an industrial town but it is surrounded by villages which were once heavily involved in some of the main industries of the East Midlands such as Framework Knitting and Mining. But Ashby too has some industrial history. The Standard Soap works can trace its roots back to the 19th century and the recently demolished Biscuit Factory was started in the 1920s. Even Arla Foods has connections with older dairies which once occupied its present site. This temporary exhibition illustrates some of Ashby's industrial past and includes a history of framework knitting in the East Midlands with examples of work produced on a hand frame and an accompanying film which shows a framework knitter at work and explains how the machine worked.

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