St Katherine’s Church has its banners and candlesticks. The churchyard is the final resting place of the families involved in Arts and Crafts in our village.
A few words about the exhibition. The metal work is done in copper, brass, pewter, and iron (with often a mixture of metals which has a pleasing effect), and there is a certain amount of garnishing with stones and mother-of-pearl.
It seems that ten years ago Mr. and Mrs Witter came to reside at Ickleford.
Every year an exhibition of students’ work was held at the workshops and items were sold to friends, family and neighbours.
When the correspondent from The Bedfordshire Times and Independent visited Ickleford in 1910 he found a very different place than we experience today.
After 1916 embroidery, needlework and metal work continued to be carried on in Ickleford for a while under the direction of Mr. Witter’s personal assistant
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