Bradford Woolly Heritage is a community interest company set up in 2019 by Glyn Watkins, Dan Horsman and Julia Armstrong. Glyn, has worked tirelessly for over 10 years to bring Bradfords history to life and now he is joined by Dan and Julia who bring business experience to the mix.
Our mission is to support the bid for Bradford 2025 by exploring and sharing the history and culture of the wool industry in Bradford, celebrating historical figures like Bishop Blaise. St Blaise Wool Festival was last held in 1825, when Bradford was a world leader in textile manufacturing. We would love to see the 200th anniversary marked in Bradfords City of Culture Bid.
Saint Blaise was an Armenian Bishop who was martyred around 317 A.D. by having his head chopped off, after being ‘tortured’ with iron combs. He is mostly remembered as the Patron of throat troubles, thanks to saving a child from choking on a fish bone, but the use of iron combs in his death also made him the Patron of wool-combers.