Tag: wool

Bed brands partner to craft natural wool mattresses that support local farming

Yorkshire-based wool bedding brand, Floks, has partnered with Beeston bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, to create a premium range of responsibly-sourced wool mattresses. United by a shared passion for ethical manufacturing, quality, and support for British farming, the collaboration combines Floks’ expertise in sustainable wool bedding with Harrison Spinks’ heritage in crafting

We, the people of Leeds, have more in common with Bangladesh than we think!

Yesterday we, the community reporting students, visited the Leeds City Museum. The museum is an array of short exhibits with one exhibit in particular on Leeds itself and includes an interesting section on the woolen trade. Spinning wool and flax (we get linen from flax) was once huge business in