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Join the Weaving Gallery volunteers and handmade knitwear to peruse and buy with Bradford Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers.

This International Women’s Day, we remember the ladies (and children) in our mills, backbone of the textile industry – hear the real voices and memories of mill workers from the Heritage Recording Unit, Bradford Museums and Galleries.

Drop in, have a chat with our very friendly volunteers, and perhaps have a try yourself at some spinning or weaving. Bask in the sounds and atmosphere of a real woollen mill and celebrate.

See the Buttercross Belles Morris dancers who dance Northwest style, originating from the mill towns, using bobbins and spindles. They often represent the movement of the machinery. Their outfits are suffragette colours of green, white, and purple. Ladies/women Morris groups often danced at suffragette meetings. They later struggled to be recognised in the 1970’s folk revival due to it being considered a male only tradition.

Collect your FREE limited edition International Women’s Day 2024 bookmark from our volunteer printers in the letterpress gallery.
 

Plant your FREE suffragette bulb pot to take home with the volunteer museum heritage gardeners. Donations welcome.

Meet the School of Art, Media and Make Up students from Bradford College – glam up with glitter and jewels facepainting, body art and performance students, roving historical characters around the 1850’s woollen mill site.