For our historians,  A friend just sent a link from an October 28, 2017 newspaper in Port Alfred, South Africa, reporting that Richard Brooksbank is still telling the story of his great-grandmother, Louise Lienaux Vergauwe, and the laces she created during WWI.  We last heard he was giving these talks in 2015, from our Arachne member (Janis) in South Africa.  https://www.talkofthetown.co.za/2017/10/28/amazing-historical-lace-pieces-de  If you own the book "The Story of Ma's Laces 1914-1918 - Her response to the trauma of wartime" you may wish to copy the article and place in the book.  Or maybe you have a research file about War Laces made during WWI, and will want to keep this related story.  I think that there will be an opportunity to see these laces at the 2018 World Lace Congress in Brugges.  There will be a celebration acknowledging 100 years of lace making following the end of WWI.  According to the dedication in the book, these laces can be seen today, by request, at the Musee du Costume et de la Dentelle de la Ville de Bruxelles.  If you own the book and want the story to survive, perhaps there is a WWI museum near you that would preserve it for future study.  The friend who sent this article to me did a search and she thinks the book is out-of-print; unavailable from major booksellers like Amazon, Abe's Books, etc.  However, I remember having to order it directly from England, for $30 plus $14 shipping and handling, so it may never have reached a "commercial" distributor.  The book was printed privately in 2004 in Sheffield England - in limited quantity.  Authors are Kerry and Carol Brooksbank.  ISBN 0-901100-54-4.  Softbound.  No page numbers, 16 chapters.  Contains a substantial history of lace, plus large number of photos.  Someone, please acknowledge this posting, so that people using gmail will look for it in our archive.  http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/index.html  Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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