The Longest Yarn

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9th -27th September | 2024
Southwell Minster
Free entry

D-Day 80th anniversary commemorated as The Longest Yarn comes to Southwell in UK-first.

The Longest Yarn is an 80m 3D depiction of that fateful day, 6th June 1944, in wool art.

With 80 displays, each measuring one metre in length, depicting scenes of the world's largest amphibious invasion, The Longest Yarn is something quite unique and not to be missed. The scenes include the build-up to D-Day in England, the horrors on the Landing Beaches and the bloody inland battles.

The installation is currently on display in Carentan, France, before coming to Southwell Minster from 9-27 September. Admission is free (donations welcome) and tickets are not needed.

Created with guidance from professional historians to be accurate, each scene has been selected by the creator to depict the story of this momentous day in history.

Some of the scenes depict actual WW2 veterans that were in the theatre of war in Normandy on 6th June plus the lesser-known events in local towns and villages in Normandy.

Over 1,000 knitters from across the world, including the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France and even people with NATO stationed in Europe, have joined in to help make this project happen.

The exhibition is free of charge and runs from 9-27 September 2024. An accompanying book will be on sale, giving more information on each of the 80 scenes, including a picture from 1944 to show viewers what each scene was based on.

It is expected that this will be extremely popular and so to help manage numbers, if you are bringing a party of more than 10 people, please could you let the team at the Minster know in advance by emailing office@southwellminster.org.uk