The longest yarn – Britain at war now in Blackburn cathedral.

Mannequin in a war time uniform to represent women going to work. (credited by Alina shaukat).

Recently since the war memorial and celebrating veterans, Blackburn cathedral has opened it’s doors to a war time exhibition all knitted dolls and scenes of world war 1 and 2 recreated through knitting and crocheted.

This celebrates not just heroes and victims during world war 1 and 2, but also creativity.

information board on each side of the exhibition. (credited by alina shaukat).

miniature dolls knitted to war time people this is the sending to children to safety. (credited by Alina shaukat).

news paper or paper boy during the war. (credited by alina shaukat).

Make do and mend. women finally being allowed to work but mainly factory.(credited Alina shaukat).

Gilian Tanner (credited by alina shaukat).

There is more to come at Blackburn cathedral especially with the easter services, and also some special concerts well we already had a Tina Turner concert, pink floyd too, but there are some orchestra organ concert coming soon get your copy of the backburn cathedral booklet to see what is on.