Hello everybody, It would be lovely if children could have an afternoon to get to know lacemaking. Unfortunately in the UK and I wouldn't be surprised in a lot of other countries, all adults working with or teaching children need to be CBR checked. This means the person in question has to be checked if they have a criminal record. As you can understand, this is a lot of paperwork and extra cost for the school. So don't be to harsh on the schools. Also parents nowadays expect all adults, who work with children in after school activities or clubs, to be CBR checked as well. Apart from that, the school curriculum doesn't leave much room for the schools to do extra bits. For example,my daughter will do her GCSE history next year, it will only cover 1900 till today. So no chance to get a question on the lace industry. This sounds very pessimistic. But when I look at the lace clubs I go to, there is no reason for pessimism. Every year I see new faces and they are not all past their retirement age.
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