Thank you, Dianne, for your tantalizing report on these convention trips to Beamish and Bowes Museum. Before I left England, Beamish was a favourite museum to visit for its meticulously preserved buildings, but there was never a lace display or special textile storage area in my day (and we never did get to Bowes Museum...) Yet another reason to try harder to get back to the UK for a visit soon! While I was reading your account and indulging in a bit of nostalgia for "home", my DH got in from work and rushed to show me an article he'd seen in the online Telegraph Newspaper from the UK (his personal nostalgia fix.) So Spiders, if you like to scrutinize British costume dramas for their authentic (or otherwise) use of lace, have a look at this site, for a taste of something to come and a great idea for helping a real, live, lace industry:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/04/24/eflace22.xml&sSheet=/fashion/2006/04/24/ixfashion.html (Sorry about the long addy, if it has to be stuck together again.) Here's the Foundation's site, given in small print at the foot of the Telegraph article, for more pictures of Sri Lankan lace and lacemakers: http://www.powerofhandsfoundation.co.uk/ Enjoy! Pam Glew, born in London, England, now living in London, Ontario (Where we thought we had Spring, until last weekend!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
