 Made from discarded inferior wool and/or other felt fibres, it was a popular source of cheap material bought by the locals, and those further afield, who flocked to the market in their droves to buy cheap supplies for their own domestic clothing.The famous war poet Rupert Brooke lived at Grantchester some away in the same county.In his famous poem ""The Old Vicarage, Grantchester"" he heaped praise on his own village, but not on the shire town of Cambridge itself, or on the other villages around.