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fisherman's jersey
Accession Number NWHCM : 1956.99
Description
Fisherman's jersey or gansey knitted specially for the Strangers' Hall Museum in 1956 by a knitter in Sheringham who uses the traditional patterns; knitted in the round with a false side seam, fine yarn (3-ply worsted) found only in the gansey's from Sheringham, Norfolk; chevron design on yoke; symmetrical front and back, upstanding neck with two buttons at one side to fasten snugly
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The fisherman's gansey was a distinctive and traditional woollen garment worn by fisherman from the early 19th century until the second half of the 20th century. In Victorian times until about 1950 it was universally the garment of choice, worn either as an outer garment or beneath a cotton twill slop, jacket or oilskin. Often hand knitted in the family, patterns varied around the North Sea, from Scotland, N.E. England and Yorkshire, to Norfolk and Suffolk. There were also traditions in Cornwall and the Netherlands.