I have never been to Luton Museum but after hearing such glowing reports of
it I hope to get there for a visit during my UK visit this month.
I was planning to go to Bedford Museum and the Cecil Higgins one but have
been told that they are both closed, for 4 years, for major reconstruction.
It sounds as though Luton is a very good alternative visit.
Janis Savage
in Honeydew
South Africa
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From: "Brian Lemin" <br...@exemail.com.au>
To: <Lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] raffle now Luton museum
Luton Museum is quite my favourite, whilst Bedford museum has an excellent
layout it always seems less personal than Luton.
I hoped you managed to find the drawers that have a small but amazing
collection of bobbins. Their reserve bobbin collection is very extensive.
The Friends of Luton Museum are a great bunch too.
Of course for you Honiton folks All Hallows is the place to go.
Really we need them all. (and more of them!)
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From: "Sue" <hurwitz...@supanet.com>
To: "D. Mouzon" <mouzo...@gmail.com>
Cc: "Arachne" <lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] raffle now Luton museum
Debbie wrote
This is so kind of you! You don't need to add my name to your raffle, but
do
tell us more about your trip to the museum!!
As I said in my original email because I was on my way to visit a very
sick
aunt whose care home is close to the museum, we called in very briefly for
me
to buy some patterns, but we did have a very brief look. The lace gallery
is
quite small, but they have a case of honiton lace pieces, a case with fans
in
lace, some embroidered on silk, an ivory one, and some very old ones with
small painted pictures on, which also has a poem on the reverse side.
There was a tableau of figures sitting at different shaped pillows, a man,
a
woman and at least one child, (cant remember if there were two child size
figures.)
They have drawers which pull out to show more beautiful laces, collars and
other pieces and trays of bobbins, so if you have more time than we had
you
could spend ages having a really detailed look at all of the lace and the
bobbins and a few prickings laying in the cases.
Last time we visited the museum, we took Mum in her wheel chair and
because
she and other members of her family had spent time working in the hat
trade
(Luton is fairly famous for its straw hats and the industry that was a big
part of it years ago), we took her up in the service list to see those on
another floor.
Next time I go to visit the museum, I will need to go and spend much more
time
just enjoying the lace these brief glimpses are interesting but I would
like
to see more.
My husband took a great interest in the hand sewn samplers dated in the
late
1700's and worked by young girls of 9 and 10 and next to those was what
was
probably a work box with all the sides covered with beaded decoration. In
its
day it would have been absolutely fabulous and even now is very pretty.
For
the sewers amongst you there were stump work pictures.
I hope that has wetted the appetite of anyone that could call in and view.
They have a small shop in the entrance which sell just a few patterns,
books,
lots of postcards and other things. The rail station is just a short taxi
ride away and the museum is situated on the edge of a well kept park,
(grass,
flower beds and a lake), Luton international airport is also about 4 or 5
miles away.
Sue T Dorset, UK
Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings
http://www.hurwitzend.co.uk
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