Learning on ScreenWelsh Weaving
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: This week Maggie Palmer goes to Wales where the beautiful landscape has inspired the weaving of some fantastic woollen fabrics. She meets some of the weavers who, not content with designing the cloth, have gone on to design the clothes to complement and enhance the subtle designs.
- Researcher Comments
- According to the script, places visited include Curlew Weavers’ shop at Ivory House, St Katherine’s Wharf, London, Curlew Weavers’ mill near Newcastle Emlyn and the Welsh home of Roger Poulson and his mother, Kate who design both fabrics and clothing. Roger Poulson is interviewed. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume; Design
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/926
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Cutter
- Maurice Tarling
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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London W1T 1LN - Notes
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