Film and Photo Collections

Old English Crafts: Village Rope Maker, Making Hay Creels

Resource verified by SHCG editorial group

Date(s): c.1945

Notes:

Film by Sam Hanna showing a hay creel (a device used to carry large amounts of hay) being hand-made by a rope maker at W.R.Outhwaite in Hawes, Yorkshire. The rope maker is seen constructing the hay creel using curved lengths of hazel wood and bound with pieces of twine creating a large mesh effect. There are shots of hay creels being used in fields in Yorkshire and Pendle Hill, Lancashire.

Keywords:

hay creel rope hazel twine harvest idfilm

SHIC codes:

,4.11,4.5392,4.5663

Address:

The Manchester Metropolitan University
Minshull House
47-49 Chorlton Street
Manchester
M1 3EU
United Kingdom

Links

http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk:591/samhanna/FMPro?-db=samhanna%20web.fp3&-format=player.htm&-lay=websafe&-sortfield=accession%20number&gallery=crafts&-max=10&-recid=21&-find=

http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk:591/samhanna/sam_hanna_collection.html

http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk

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