Tag: History of Wool
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Damian Lewis Drives Sheep Over the River Thames in Historic Tradition
– Shepherd Lewis – More than a thousand Freemen of the City ushered their sheep along a historic trading route on Sunday, September 29, 2024 to celebrate their medieval right to bring produce to market over the Thames without paying tolls. Shepherd-for-the-day Damian Lewis, wore his grandfather’s wool coat and carried a shepherd’s crook as…
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Damian Lewis to Drive Sheep at This Year’s London Sheep Drive
– Raising Funds for The Woolmen Charity and The Lord Mayor’s Appeal – First an actor, then a musician, and now a shepherd? A drover? Is there anything this man can’t flocking do? Well, we can now add celebrity sheepherder to his CV! Damian will be this year’s special guest at the annual London Sheep…