MUSEUM CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

The Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum (RKFM) will be celebrating 40 years with the publication of a commemorative calendar for 2011. This unique complex of listed frameshops, cottages and outbuildings arranged around a garden courtyard was established in 1971.
The site was restored to show the living and working conditions of the framework knitters who occupied it throughout the 19th century by the local community, who saved it from the bulldozer and put it under the control of a charitable trust.
Last year, the RFKM won the East Midlands prize for Museum Learning and has recently been awarded accredited status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. The calendar is available for £5 from the RFKM shop and many other local retail outlets. Proceeds go to the museum – a registered charity. For further information on the museum visit rfkm.org.