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Business Information (from the website)
The business is run from our workshops at the end of the garden. We have a
part time employee and all items are sold via the internet. We are currently
selling to both the Uk and EU with some orders coming from USA and other parts
of the world. It is interesting and fun to run, and does not require any
previous knowledge, we came here from a totally different background and
have managed to build the business year on year. If you are interested in
purchasing the business we will let you have further details via accountants
etc.
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Slippers
for you, made here in our workshops.
Order
Securely (  ) online or by telephone (UK+44)(0)1458 850991
Sheepskin-slippers.co.uk
We have been making Sheepskin
crafts for many years. Our Sheepskin is used to make products
suitable for home and family. Hand made, high quality Sheepskin, slippers,
similar in design and construction to some of the old traditional styles,made
in the area,
the original Morlands factory has recently been demolished in
Glastonbury, to make way for new development in the area. There remains
a Sheepskin industry here in Somerset, albeit small now, and
increasingly specialist in nature.
Rugs,
cushions, and baby rugs.and traditional flying jackets
are made by hand locally, with flying helmets in sheepskin and leather.
The shearling rugs for babies, are truly wonderful, and can
equally be used for the elderly to relieve pressure points and provide
soft landings for aching limbs!! We make soft cushions and
sell sheepskin dusters, beautiful hand made gifts and items for the home.
some info from the site :
Somerset, the 'Sheepskin' County of England
Sheepland
is a family run
business creating the
most beautiful sheepskin products in our farmyard workshop near
Glastonbury, in the English county of
Somerset. Each item is made from natural materials and crafted by hand.
Our Story
Sometimes you have a dream, sometimes you try to make it happen, sometimes you forget all
about it. We had a dream, not of grandeur and riches but of limestone walls and leaded
windows. A sense of history with misty mornings shrouding an ancient land.
Somerset is King Arthur country. Glastonbury Tor and the Isle of Avalon
are across the Mendip Hills to the north. The Tor is visible when the
winter strips the trees. According to legend, King Arthur's gallant knights roamed the land, with honour and
bravery as their watchword. Sir Lancelot and Guinevere, Merlin and the young King galloped
over these hills. The stone cottages nestle calmly, watching the progress of the years,
the lights from windows glowing over a land of enchantment. Somerset has
a true mystery, a special feeling, inexplicable to those who have not
experienced the almost magical beauty of the environment. This is
reflected in the numbers of alternative therapists, artists, and
writers who choose to
reside in the area. The visitors flock to Glastonbury,
especially in the Summer months, to witness and enjoy the history and
ethos of the area.
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The pace
here is slow, the people friendly and often set in their ways. The traditional industries
of sheep farming and basket weaving from willow, growing in the Somerset levels
remain much as they were, reduced but surviving.
We wanted to be a part of this place, coming from the turmoil of the city to the peace and
tranquillity of our hillside. The cottage where the business is located is
250 years old. Sheepland Crafts moved here from Glastonbury around
1989. The workshop at the end of our gravel driveway, is surrounded by fields, the cows and sheep
grazing, supply the background hum of activity.
We have become garden lovers, creating from our field traditional borders, alive with bees and
butterflies. Wildlife ponds, buzz with dragonflies, and ripple with
frogs, diving beetles, and newts.
The garden has been televised by HTV and we have been open to the
public in the National garden Scheme for many years. Owing to ill
health we have had to withdraw last year, but it would be wonderful
if the new owners could open again!
The business makes hand-made sheepskin products. Ladies with skilled fingers cut and sew
to make the original soft slippers, our wonderful rocking sheep, children's slippers,
booties, rugs and Teddy Bears.
It was important to us that the business continued to employ these
craftspeople otherwise, like so many other traditional skills, their expertise would
possibly be lost forever.
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Wells Cathedral is
nearby, an ancient historical site built around a series of 'Wells',
these are deep pools of blue black water, used to serve the people who
flocked to the ancient town. The oldest intact street in Europe
nestles behind the cathedral, a monument to the building skills of the
day.
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