Rushen Camp internee-made pair of woollen gloves
Date made: 1940-1944
Place made: Port Erin
Description: A pair of blue and white woollen gloves with a Fair Isle-style pattern on them. The gloves were made by an internee in Rushen Internment Camp using Manx wool which was not on ration during the war.
Made at Rushen Internment Camp by internees and sold at Collinson's cafe craft shop (run by internees) in Port Erin. Purchased by donor who worked as a secretary at the Second World War camp.
Materials: wool
Object name: gloves
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 1995-0186/8
Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS
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