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Framework Music Night: An Audience Without Jake Thackray
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Framework Music Night: An Audience Without Jake Thackray

An Audience without Jake Thackray celebrates the life, songs and wonderful wordsmithery of the great Yorkshire chansonnier, Jake Thackray, a unique talent, whose songs are full of poetry, wit, irreverence and humanity. He became known to millions through his regular appearances in the 1960s and 1970s on programmes such as Braden’s Week and That’s Life. Since his death in 2002 there has been growing recognition of his genius and a resurgence of interest in his work, with admirers including Ralph McTell, Jarvis Cocker, Alex Turner, Don Black, Thea Gilmore, and Cerys Matthews. John Watterson is the UK’s leading performer of Jake’s songs. As Fake Thackray he has toured with Fairport Convention, as well as performing at Latitude, Cropredy and the Edinburgh Fringe, plus numerous radio appearances. John’s show will include many Jake classics (Sister Josephine, On Again On Again, The Bantam Cock and others), anecdotes from John’s research into Jake’s life for the recently published biography as well as some of the ‘lost’ Thackray songs John has rediscovered and recorded on his CD, The Lost Will and Testament of Jake Thackray. To book please visit Buy Framework Music: An Audience Without Jake Thackray Tickets online – Framework Knitters Museum A guaranteed sell-out and so early booking is strongly recommended. To discover more please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QCPdlaGD_o and www.fakethackray.com

Sat 24 Oct20:00Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum
Framework Words & Music: Twelve Days
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Framework Words & Music: Twelve Days

An inter-weaving of seasonal poetry and music written, arranged and performed by Stuart Henson and John Crawford Running time: Approx. 60 minutes Award-winning poet Stuart Henson reads from his book of Christmas poems, accompanied by John Crawford on melodeon and guitar. Get into the festive mood with poems that celebrate Christmases past and present. John’s music, drawing on the English and European folk traditions, weaves in and out of lyrics that feature birds, beasts, bells, and the Nativity. As Stuart says, “Twelve days of Winter celebration. Twelve poems from cards sent over the years at Christmas time. One or two have appeared in books. One became a British Council Christmas greeting. One was overlooked and left forgotten in a file. There have been others – another carol, a pub-scene, and Annunciation . . . but twelve is a good number.” ‘Stuart Henson is an Eric Gregory Award winner and recipient of an Eastern Arts Bursary for ‘A Place Apart’ (Shoestring Press, 2003) His most recent poetry collections are ‘Beautiful Monsters’ (Shoestring Press 2023), a New & Selected entitled ‘The Way You Know It’ and a haiku nature diary sequence of a year in rural Cambridgeshire, ‘A Handful of Wasps’ (2025). http://www.stuarthenson.co.uk/ John Crawford (melodeon and guitar) is well-known as a performer and musical collaborator in the world of folk music, dance and drama and has played regularly at festivals, theatres, arts centres and ceilidhs around the UK.

Sun 6 Dec14:00Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum
FWK Father Christmas and Victorian ChristmasFree! (worth double-checking)
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FWK Father Christmas and Victorian Christmas

Father Christmas at the Framework Knitters Museum – Victorian Christmas Step into a magical Victorian Christmas and meet Father Christmas in his cosy grotto at the Framework Knitters Museum. Set inside our atmospheric Victorian workers’ cottages, this special experience offers children and families a truly memorable visit in a beautiful historic setting. As part of our annual Victorian Christmas celebration, visitors with Father Christmas tickets can enjoy a festive step back in time, surrounded by traditional decorations, costumed characters, and seasonal sights and sounds. Your Father Christmas visit includes: A personal visit with Father Christmas in his cosy, atmospheric grotto A magical Victorian setting within our historic workers’ cottages Time to soak up the festive atmosphere across the museum site Alongside your Father Christmas visit, enjoy our wider Victorian Christmas event, featuring: Live carols from a local choir Seasonal storytelling and traditional parlour games Traditional Christmas crafts in the Chapel Gallery Hands-on experiences with our historic circular knitting machines Festive food heritage, mulled drinks, and seasonal treats Unique gifts in our museum shop and seasonal flowers from Phoenix Flowers Father Christmas visits are ticketed separately Museum entry is FREE When: Saturday 12 December Time: TBA Where: Framework Knitters Museum

Sat 12 DecRuddington Framework Knitters Museum
FWK Father Christmas and Victorian ChristmasFree! (worth double-checking)
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FWK Father Christmas and Victorian Christmas

Father Christmas at the Framework Knitters Museum – Victorian Christmas Step into a magical Victorian Christmas and meet Father Christmas in his cosy grotto at the Framework Knitters Museum. Set inside our atmospheric Victorian workers’ cottages, this special experience offers children and families a truly memorable visit in a beautiful historic setting. As part of our annual Victorian Christmas celebration, visitors with Father Christmas tickets can enjoy a festive step back in time, surrounded by traditional decorations, costumed characters, and seasonal sights and sounds. Your Father Christmas visit includes: A personal visit with Father Christmas in his cosy, atmospheric grotto A magical Victorian setting within our historic workers’ cottages Time to soak up the festive atmosphere across the museum site Alongside your Father Christmas visit, enjoy our wider Victorian Christmas event, featuring: Live carols from a local choir Seasonal storytelling and traditional parlour games Traditional Christmas crafts in the Chapel Gallery Hands-on experiences with our historic circular knitting machines Festive food heritage, mulled drinks, and seasonal treats Unique gifts in our museum shop and seasonal flowers from Phoenix Flowers Father Christmas visits are ticketed separately Museum entry is FREE When: Saturday 12 December Time: TBA Where: Framework Knitters Museum

Sat 12 DecRuddington Framework Knitters Museum

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