Moorcroft Plough Sunday Santa By 1876 Wardle was printing

By 1876 Wardle was printing a range of fourteen designs for Morris & Co and Wardle’s silks were sold in Liberty

Size: 12inch standing

complete with the billowing canopies of the market stalls themselves and the gothic façade of Leek All Saints' Church

a cluster of Galanthus nivalis 'Magnet' arch one over another

Moorcroft Plough Sunday Santa By 1876 Wardle was printingPeople gather on Plough Sunday to receive the first agricultural blessing of the year. The following day is Plough Monday which marks the beginning of a new agricultural year. This was the day the farm workers would return to work following the Christmas season and in the 15th century the tradition of a plough being dragged through the streets and money collected for parish funds was started. The money raised was used to pay for plough lights, which