Yorkshire Fishermen’s Ganseys

Each port along Yorkshire’s coast has its own unique gansey (jumper) that fishermen wear - to identify them if lost at sea. We first go to a Gansey Festival at Old St Stephen’s Church above Robin Hoods Bay where Suzanne Parkes of York St John University gives the history of the jumper, and the Coxswain of the Whitby lifeboat, Mike Russell, shows the ganseys from his own family. At Filey Museum, Margaret Taylor can be seen knitting a gansey - a very time consuming and costly process. She explains the differe