I have just remembered that the Sergeant at Arms, and Black Rod , in Canberra, Oz, both have hand made lace - made by the Canberra lacemakers when the new Parliament House opened. Helen and I managed to see the Sergeant at Arms' cravat & cuffs - -We asked to see it, spun a tale about how we had come all the way from Melbourne to see it, and that I had helped make the Lord Mayor of Melbourne's lace, etc, etc.....!! Eventually they got a security guy to take us to the "Inner Sanctum" where it was kept - through miles of corridors, like a rabbit warren!! They were displayed in a glass topped box coffee table in an office. A nice man came and told us all about the Sergeant's job, etc, and we had an interesting 20 minutes there, before another security guy was summond to return us to the Public part of the building! Helen was allowed to take a couple of photos, too!
Perhaps some of the Canberra lurkers can tell us more about the lace. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
