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Dawe's Twineworks
Heritage Open Day: The only surviving Victorian twineworks in the UK with all its original machinery - and it works.
A 100 yard 'Walk' on two floors with twisting and treatment machinery driven by our 1927 Shanks oil engine.
Local history, cafe and visitor facilities. In past times, most people in west Dorset and south Somerset were exploiting the local geology and growing, harvesting, processing or spinning flax and hemp, and then using it to make twine, rope and sailcloth.
The Cok
Sat 21 Sep:10am to 5pm. Sun 22 Sep:10am to 4pm. Free Entry.
Dawe’s Twineworks, 94A High Street, West Coker, YEOVIL, Somerset BA22 9AU
Sat 21 Sep 2019 and Sun 22 Sep 2019
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