[Note 205.5]
[Note 205.5]
[Note 205.5] "bobbins should get fire":- Kendal was the centre of the local wool industry for a number of centuries, including both spinning and weaving. ‘Kendal Green’ a generic name for the course green cloth is mentioned in Shakespeare and indeed the towns motto is “Pannus Mihi Panis” (Cloth to me is Bread). [Ref: Trevor Hughes (Kendal Civic Society Executive Committee Member) Private communication]