Almost Unwearable

Almost Unwearoutable began nearly 60 years ago as a shop selling hand-knitted socks and stockings in Corbridge, Northumberland. Victoria Craig took over the business from William Nichol, who had been trading in the same village since 1936. The newly branded Almost Unwearoutable became a mail order business which quickly flourished, then gained a worldwide reputation with the opening …

Pinksters Gin

Perhaps more the ingredients for a game of Cluedo, but that’s how the business was born. It all came about when founder Stephen realised wine and beer no longer agreed with him. A keen maker of sloe liqueurs and other concoctions, he turned his attention to gin and started experimenting at home, mashing assorted fruits with …