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NO EASY ACCESS TO THE SPINNING-WHEEL SHOP

Dear Sir,

My grandson has been buying a yearly subscription for me as a Christmas present for three years. I so enjoy receiving my copies of The Shed.

Issue No. 106 is again a treasure. I was fascinated to read Spinning, Spinning, Spinning. There were many spinning wheels in our extended family. My father and mother took turns in the evenings carding, teasing, and spinning. Mother later knitted the yarn into jerseys for us all.

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