Beeley bicycle motif socks in three tones of blue are made in fine gauge cotton, featuring a seamless toe that gives comfort and durability.
The range of socks presented here are made by Pantherella and we think they are the UK’s best socks. They are made in Pantherella’s Zanetic Works factory in Leicester and available in a range of colours, designs and weights. There is a video about Pantherella that you can see here.
Leicester’s own Daniel Lambert
Back in the late 60’s or early 70’s I remember a feature on “Blue Peter” about another Leicester resident, a chap called Daniel Lambert and his socks have stuck in my memory ever since. Lambert was renowned as the worlds fattest man and lived between 1770 and 1809. At his death he is recorded to have weighed nearly 53 stone. He was the keeper of Leicester Gaol and at the time was famous throughout the country.
To the right is a photo of Daniel Lambert’s clothes in the Leicester Museum.
If you look in detail you can see a page in a “Blue Peter” book which shows John Noakes and Peter Purves inside Daniel Lambert’s waistcoat ! To be exact, it is the seventh Blue Peter Annual and features the three presenters in Girocopters on the cover.
You can find out more about Daniel Lambert here.
You can see the range of other socks available at Abrahams Store, as well as these Beeley socks, here.
