I was very sorry to hear about Doreen Wright - and a little surprised that there has been no more comment about her.
I never knew her, except as the founding chairman of the Lace Guild (and I
was only a teenager at the time so not very interested in such things). But
does no one else on the list remember her? and is prepared to share an
anecdote? I was always told that she was "quite a character"!
She was a lovely old lady - blunt and down to earth, but very capable and was enormously valuable to the lace world. She will be missed. I did respond to David Leader's request for a photo for the Lace Guild website, but the one I have isn't good enough to scan at low-res.
The first time I met her she threw a table at me!!!
Well not quite - it was 1982, I was one of the helpers at the lace day she was speaking at, the hall was packed an there weren't any chairs left so I sat on a cushion on the floor at the front. Doreen was speaking quite passionately and banged her hand down on the little table she had for her notes or whatever and it went flying - in my direction! ( I ducked quick enough though).
A couple of years later I was organizing a small exhibition/demo at a craft fair and had the privilege of going to her home to collect some Lace Guild display boards (pre Hollies era). It was Good Friday and we had a long lacy chat over hot cross buns. I remember she showed me a lampshade with BL on which she had designed and made, and at the time I thought that was very modern and "with-it". She also had me rummaging through boxes upstairs looking for the Guild's table covers. I learned later that I'd only narrowly missed being put into a swimsuit and thrown into her pool which was cleaned and filled ready for the summer the following week.
Fond memories Brenda
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