My husbands ancester born in the early 1800s in Devon was listed as a
lacemaker as a young woman before marriage, also her sister and her mother,
not far from Honiton so after her marriage she worked on the land and her
daughters were lacemakers.
My own Mother learned practical skills, cooking,
I first began to travel at age 40, 40 years ago. Â After Switzerland (everyone
should go there at least once), I took embroidery tours of the UK. Â What
impressed me in the small villages, especially in the Cotswolds, was the
community buildings available to residents. Â These usually resembled
