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How it all began It was in 1977 that Mrs Pat Payne began teaching Lace in
Norfolk, & it was quickly felt that a club would be a good idea, so that all
those interested in lacemaking could meet socially once a month. The inaugural meeting of the club was held on April 20th
1979, at the Crome Community Centre in Norwich. The club proved very popular,
& by June 1979 there were already 76 members. After a while it was decided that it would be nice to have
speakers at some of the meetings, & there are now speakers at about half
the meetings each year. Not
all the talks are about lace – they cover many aspects of craft work,
& are of great interest to members.
There are also outings from time to time, to lace collections in
England & abroad. The club continued to grow until membership peaked at 218 in
the 1980’s, but has now settled at 70 – 75 members. In the process it has outgrown two
venues, the Crome Centre & Wensum Lodge, & the meetings are now held
at City College Norwich, Ipswich Road, Norwich. The club has come a long way
since 1979, & owes a great deal to its founder. |
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Exhibitions |
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1980 |
“Lacecraft 80” exhibition was held in Blackfriars
Halls, Norwich. This was an
exhibition of lace from 1570 – 1980 presented by Joan Tyler and the
Norfolk Lacemakers. Milca Eremiasova brought her display of modern lace from
Czechoslovakia for everyone to see. |
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1983 |
“Threads & Flowers” exhibition was held in
Blackfriars Hall, Norwich. This
time it was held in partnership with the Norwich Embroiderers Guild &
Norwich Flower club. |
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1989 |
“Decade of Lace” was also held in Blackfriars
Hall, Norwich, on 14th & 15th July 1989. The exhibition was staged by Norfolk
Lacemakers. |
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1992 |
June – October 1992, Strangers Hall, Norwich, put on an
exhibition of New & Old lace.
Strangers Hall Museum provided old lace from their collection, &
Norfolk Lacemakers provided the new lace. On a number of occasions during the
exhibition members of Norfolk Lacemakers provided lacemaking demonstrations. |
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1995 |
“A Festival of Lace” On 15th of July
1995 Norfolk Lacemakers & Suffolk Lacemakers joined forces at an
exhibition at the Manor House Museum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. |
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Copyright
© J Read |
