Northampton’s leather students give Mayor of London a warm welcome
31/10/2014
Rachel Garwood, director of the Institute of Creative Leather Technologies, showed him around the facility as he inspected students’ work and learnt about leather making.
In his inimitable style, he joked about leather having “fetish” qualities, but said more seriously that London relies on skilled people elsewhere in the country.
“Here, in this university, people are acquiring the skills to do it, so it’s interesting to see the integration between the London economy and Northamptonshire,” he said.
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