Family shares 55 years worth of Guernsey jumpers

A Guernsey-raised mother and grandmother have shared a family collection of about a dozen traditional Guernsey jumpers.

In 1968, Bobbie Hillman, now 80, gave her oldest daughter Kate a Guernsey, which was traditionally knitted for farmers and fishermen.

Mrs Hillman said: "As soon as she could sit up, that was the time to give her her first one."

The tradition continued with her two other daughters, Emma and Laura.

She said: "The little ones grew into the next one up, so then we would buy the elder one a new one."

The family is now dotted around the UK, but got their Guernseys together for a photo.

Mrs Hillman, who now lives in South Yorkshire, said: "I grew up in Guernsey, went to St Martin's Primary School and Ladies' College and obviously always had a Guernsey.

"The longer it went on, the more I realised how lovely they were and how I just couldn't get rid of them."

Rachael Laine, from Le Tricoteur, which has produced the jumpers since 1963, met the family on a recent trip to Guernsey.

She said it was lovely to meet them all and on seeing the collection the team's "smiles couldn't be wider".

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