Co-Operative Society Photograph

William Parker and other framework knitters were keen supporters of the Co-Operative movement. The Ruddington branch was one of the first to be formed in the county. At one time there were so many framework knitting machines in the village that the Co-Op found it profitable to sell machine knitting needles. Later, as framework knitting declined, one of the museum's workshops was used as a store for Co-Op flour.

Ruddington Village Museum