Name: The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War (Great Wood Community Hall)
Start: 2025-12-03T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-03T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Great Wood Community Hall

The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War (Great Wood Community Hall)

The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War wool art exhibition is coming to the Staffordshire Moorlands!
The stunning exhibition of knitted and crocheted wartime scenes will be on display at Great Wood Community Hall in Tean from 1st to 30th December.
Britain at War examines how Britain navigated World War II from the declaration of war on 3 September 1939 to VE Day on 8 May 1945. This includes significant events such as D-Day, the King’s Speech, The Blitz, the bombing of major cities, Britain coping with the war – the Home Guard, the Women’s Land Army, rationing, and much more. The 3D wool art display will feature 80 panels by the time it reaches the Moorlands this December. In addition, there will be life-size knitted displays representing real people such as army leaders and land girls.
Founder Tansy Forster and her fellow knitters and crocheters from across the UK and beyond are creating the new installation. This follows on from the great success of The Longest Yarn, an 80 metre wool art depiction of the D-Day landings, which toured the UK last year and is currently touring America.
Dates: Monday 1st December - Tuesday 30th December
Book an admission ticket: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/supportstaffordshire/1685174
This event is free but we welcome donations.
* Open for school visits on 3rd, 9th, 15th December - to book a school visit: https://buytickets.at/supportstaffordshire/1685247
* Closed 7th, 24th, 25th, 26th December
Location: Great Wood Community Hall, Hollington Road, Tean, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST10 4JY
There will be NO PARKING available at the hall except for a limited amount of accessible spaces for blue badge holders only, and one coach parking ticket per day, available here: https://buytickets.at/supportstaffordshire/1690381 The surrounding roads are unsuitable for event parking. The nearest public car park is is Old Road Car Park.
For travel and more event information, please read The Longest Yarn 2 FAQs: https://outsidearts.org/longest-yarn-2-faqs