BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.2//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:644@auntysocial.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T160000 DTSTAMP:20251230T145123Z URL:https://www.auntysocial.co.uk/events/kilgrimol-heritage-crafts-summer- hat/ SUMMARY:Summer Straw Hat making with Kilgrimol Heritage Crafts DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nCome and join local Living History enthusiast Heather as she brings to life crafts from the Northwest's Heritage. Demonstrating the slowly vanishing skills that went into producing our clothing using natur al materials.\nThis month's session focuses on Making a Summer Hat Using N atural Materials\nStatus: Critically Endangered\n\nBlackpool Donkeys would be nothing without the iconic straw hat.\n\nOnce a bustling industry\, (w hen no respectable person of any age headed outside without a head coverin g)\, summer boaters and fashionable fascinators were once a practical and fashionable staple accessory across the UK. What was everyday and commonpl ace is now becoming more difficult to source in natural materials.\n\nTrad itional hat-making didn't just use straw\, you could use reeds\, rushes or local grasses to keep the glaring sun out of your eyes. Often seen in med ieval manuscripts\, it is believed this everyday item could be older and e ven prehistoric in origin.\n\nIf you look after a hat\, it can last you ma ny years. Heather will show you how to create a new straw hat that will ke ep the sun out of your eyes and the wind out of your hair in the years ahe ad.\n\n\nbook here\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInspired by Heritage Crafts Red List\, we ’re focusing on endangered crafts. To see the full list of crafts please  visit our website\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nACCESS &\; VENUE\nAccess: If y ou have additional access needs (e.g. large print\, BSL interpreter\, leve l access) Please let us know by emailing or sending us an SMS text/WhatsAp p message on 07957 602790‬\n\nThese sessions are in our upstairs worksho p space. There is currently no level access. It’s a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once yo u’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs f or anything until the end of the event.\n\nIf you can’t manage the stair s but really want to attend\, please let us know by emailing (using the co ntact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790 and will try our best to accommodate.\n\n \;\n\nGetting here\n\n Tram to North Pier\n Bus:\n No 6 or 18 bus to Topping St.\n N o 3\, 3a\, 5c\, 6\, 18 to Church St (Stanley Buildings)\n No 5\, 5a\, 5b\ , 6\, 7a\, 14 to Talbot Rd\n Driving: The closest pay and display car par ks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also park ing at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket\, please make sure that you ch eck the terms before you use the car park.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.auntysocial.co.uk/wp-content/uploads /2025/09/kilgrimol-straw-hats.jpg CATEGORIES:Groups,Workshops LOCATION:Aunty Social\, 28 Topping St\, Blackpool\, Lancashire\, FY1 3AQ\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=28 Topping St\, Blackpool\, Lancashire\, FY1 3AQ\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Aunty So cial:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR