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Dangerous Fashion

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By lilyball18 / April 7, 2022

What do hat pins and detachable collars have in common? They’re as deadly as they are stylish! We’re zooming in on these two historical accessories […]

Extreme Close Up

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By lilyball18 / March 24, 2022

Did you know that felt can be made from the fur of animals, such as beaver, wolves, rabbits and deer, as well as from wool?

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‘Sylvia vs the Fascists’ at Hat Works

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By @HEADSUP / March 8, 2022

On Saturday the 5th of March Hat Works hosted ‘Sylvia vs the Fascists’, a one-woman play about the life and work of Manchester born suffragette

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Resourced and Ready

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By @HEADSUP / July 13, 2020

Thanks to the HeadsUP project, we now have brand new How To guides for volunteers, Museum Assistants and Officers to help us answer collection enquiries

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The Man Behind the Machine

1 Comment / Uncategorized / By @HEADSUP / April 9, 2020

One of the joys of this restoration project is finding out more about the wonderful machines. Not just what part they played in the hat

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Getting to Grips with Museum Pests

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By @HEADSUP / April 2, 2020

  My name is Jade and I’m a Museum Assistant based at Bramall Hall, a stunning Elizabethan manor house in Stockport. While my role is

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Restored with Love

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By alisonfarthing / March 6, 2020

Restoration of our hatting machines has been funded by a grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology. We thought you’d like to know more about

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How do you spend £1000?

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By @HEADSUP / February 28, 2020

This is the question that The Textile Society recently asked us. We applied for their museum award to display our most unusual collection of hats.

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A Shining Example

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By alisonfarthing / February 21, 2020

In today’s, modern office environment, we might occasionally tidy our desk or clean our PC screen. And if something broke down, we’d probably get in an expert or phone an IT helpline.

All the bells & whistles!

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By alisonfarthing / January 14, 2020

How good would it be to feel the vibration and hear the rattle of Victorian hatting machines working on the factory floor again? Well it’s full

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