ZOOMERS @ RNIB

There's an article about ZOOMERS on the RNIB website — thanks to Elaine and John for their contributions.

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This is just a general blog !about nothing as you might say, I am trying to get a picture onto this blog whether I will succeed is anybobies guess>

Well what do you know I am flunking it!As usual

Manchester Gallery visit 9/11/06

Georgina von Etzdorf played a very important role in the textile industry when she set up a company in her parent's barn in Salisbury. They experimented with different nethods of printing on silk, perspex and other materials with the use of paints a nd the use of lasers, and all sorts of means of drying their work.

Ann Hornsby gave us a wonderful description of some of the exhibits and also a painting of the work in progress in the barn in the early days

One of the curators, Meg, handed us a selection of beautiful fabrics to examine and Miles Lambrt described the formation and progress of the company which, at one period, had two shops in Kensington, London.

This particular exhibition housed the archives of the Company and there were some garments, scarves and corsages on display.

We ended our visit with a welcome cup of tea in the education suite and thank the Gallery staff for looking after us so well yet again.

Many thanks Mary and we look forward to our next trip with Henshaws.



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Well Hello This just a few words that I can spell, well trustingly, because i felt that there should be something else on the page before Elaines next account of the next Thursday outing! Which we shall all be looking forward to (here here) Comments on my mistakes in triplicate please .