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Merry-Go-Round: Wool for Holroyds: 1: Spinning Jenny

BBC One
on BBC One London

by Barbara Willard.
For children of seven to nine
Introduced by Tom Gibbs.

The story of a family who have worked in the wool industry for two hundred years.
Spinning and weaving sequences were filmed at the Castle Museum, York, by permission of the Curator
For Schools
Repeated on Friday at 2.5 p.m.
(to 9.55)

Contributors

Writer:
Barbara Willard
Presenter:
Tom Gibbs
Producer:
Claire Chovil
Mrs. Holroyd:
Jean Theobald
A neighbour:
Mary Patterson
The packman:
Peter Schofield
Mr. Butterworth:
Robert Patterson
Jenny:
Gail Holt
Will:
Trevor Lorains
Tom:
Jonathan Goodhead
Source: Radio Times

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