Knaresborough. Mason's Sheep Skin Works

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Price:  £6.99 –+ Add to Basket Format:   Select:A4 print:  £6.99A3 print:  £8.50Digital copy:  £5.00 Reference:  BU04910AA4 Free postage and packing on all photograph orders Photographs can be supplied as A4 or A3 prints or as digital copies, which will be sent by email. The online watermark does not appear in photographs purchased. All photographs are subject to copyright restrictions and may not be published without permission.

Lewis Outing emails [2006/7]:
This was my grandfather's Sheep Skin Works, located on Waterside, Knaresborough. His name was James Mason. After his death in 1956, the business was run by my mother until its closure in 1965. This photograph shows one of my aunts, Hazel Mason, finishing a rug.
The skin is being made into a crescent-shaped rug. The curved template can be seen on the far side of the table.
Above are the multicoloured wool dusters ready for sale. One hundred of these could be made in a day. They were made from off-cuts.