A woman in Devon has called for help to make 500 crochet rats as part of a knitted World War Two 3D exhibition. Becks Pearson, from Lympstone, Devon, said the crochet animals were wanted as part ...

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A woman in Devon has called for help to make 500 crochet rats as part of a knitted World War Two 3D exhibition. Becks Pearson, from Lympstone, Devon, said the crochet animals were wanted as part of ...

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Speaking to BBC Radio Devon, Ms Pearson said life-size models from the war would be crocheted alongside the exhibition, including land girl Daphne Hedges who moved to Devon to catch rats between ...