Halyard & CroftKite Works · Falmer Point · est. 1931

Press

What has been said about us

Mostly by people who came to write about the kites and stayed for the tea. All quotes genuine; all publications fictional.

The Coast Gazette

2026-07

'The last workshop in Northdown where a machine has not touched the cloth. The kites fly like letters home.'

Kite & Line Quarterly

2026-03

'Their Serpent tail is the finest forty feet of sewing in Britain. We tested the claim. We got sunburnt and a stiff neck and we withdraw nothing.'

Northdown Life

2025-11

'On a good afternoon the sky over Falmer Point looks like the inside of a jewellery box. This is entirely Halyard & Croft's fault.'

The Practical Homemaker

1954

'A charming establishment for the children. The proprietor assures us the kites are seaworthy, which we did not think to ask.'