Charity
No: 507451
Newsletter
– July 2022
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2022 Programme
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Wednesday 17th August 9.45am To 3.30pm |
Needle
Tatting Workshop To be held in the Stockbridge
Room, Estate Building at Gawthorpe Hall The course will start promptly
at 10.am Cost £20 members £22 non members Tutor: Gail Marsh
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Wednesday 17th August 11am – 12 noon |
Summer Walk National
Trust ranger, Kayleigh Chadwick, will show us the latest developments in the
garden completed by the National Trust volunteers. They are a skilful group who have worked very
hard.
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50th Anniversary
In 2023 The Friends of Gawthorpe will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary. We hope to make it special year. Have you any ideas? Are you willing to help?
Remember
to help our recruitment by finding a new member.
A
tour of Lancashire Archives Preston
Friday 29th July at 10.30am
Earlier
this year Friends of Gawthorpe contributed £500 towards the conservation of the
Shuttleworth Accounts (1581-1621) which are kept at Lancashire Archives
Preston. The Archives and Gawthorpe Hall (LCC Museum Service) had
successfully applied for grant funding to conserve the archives and the
contribution from the Friends was additional to that. This is an
opportunity to have a tour behind the scenes of the archives and to see the
conservation of the Shuttleworth accounts as the conservator works on
them. Places are limited, first
come – first served, ring Gawthorpe Hall (01282 771004) to book a free
place (if this is over subscribed we will see if the archives can offer another
date).
There
is limited paid parking available at Lancashire Archives in Preston (Lancashire
Archives (Record) Office, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE). It is not too far from Preston railway
station so it may be easier to park either in the railway station multi-storey
car park or across the road in the
Fishergate Centre car park.
Preston is a terrible place to drive through at the moment – because
of all the road works so quite a number of roads are closed. If you
are near a station I would recommend getting the train to Preston. Exit the station at the Fishergate exit (it
used to be the main entrance). Turn left
down Fishergate Hill. Turn right at the
traffic lights (Bow Lane). The Lancashire
Archives office is just past the Registry Office on the right.
LCC – News from the Hall
Summer Events
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Gawthorpe's Remarkable Women exhibition |
Discover the lives of some of the
women of the Kay-Shuttleworth family, and the impact they had regionally and
nationally. Exhibition spread through the historic rooms of the Hall. . |
Wednesday 15th June to Sunday 6 November Included in admission to the Hall |
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Victorian Kitchen Day |
Visit the Victorian Kitchen and
meet our Housekeeper to discover life 'below stairs' using the servants'
spiral staircase |
Friday, 22 July 1 – 4pm included in admission to
the Hall . |
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Lace discovery afternoon |
Discover more about fascinating and intricate lace making with our lace experts. Bobbin lace; needle lace, tatting and crochet. There will be a spare lace pillow and other tools for visitors ‘to have a go’. Plus a weaver with her small loom demonstrating how to make a braid. |
Wednesday, 27 July 1 – 4pm included in admission to
the Hall |
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Outdoor Theatre Love's Labour's Lost
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Shakespeare's romantic comedy
performed by Off the Ground Theatre. A superb way to spend a summer's
evening, bring your own picnic and seating. |
Saturday, 30 July 6.30pm tickets from www.offtheground.co.uk |
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Summer Holiday Fun
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Our boredom buster events every
Wednesday afternoon will keep the children entertained during the school
holidays. Different activity every week. .
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Wednesdays 1 pm – 4 pm 3, 10, 17, and 24 August £2.50 per
child |
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Quilt discovery afternoon
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Discover the wonderful world of
quilts, meet our quilting experts who can show you some of the best
techniques for making fabulous quilts.
Frances and Kath will no doubt have lots of useful tips and advice. . . |
Wednesday, 7 September 1 pm – 4pm included in admission to
the Hall |
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Talk: Freydis
Flying High
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A fascinating talk on Freydis
Sharland one of the pioneer female pilots by Beverley Harrison who was taught
to fly by Freydis. |
Thursday 15th September, 1pm £2.50. Booking recommended. Contact the Hall |
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Heritage Open Day
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Free opening for all visitors |
Saturday 17th September
12pm – 4-15 pm . |
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Talk:
Marianne North a Life in Art |
Take a voyage of discovery into the
life and work of Marianne North, famous for her botanical paintings and
related to the Kay Shuttleworths. Talk
by Dr Twigs Way |
Thursday 6th October 1pm
- £6 Booking recommended Contact the Hall |
National Trust
Welcome to our Yurt in the Walled Garden.
In June Kayleigh attended the History Wardrobe. ‘Silk & Roses’ Talk in the Hall and it really inspired her to create a modern textile art gallery within the Yurt.
She has spoken with
Bev about the potential of her group in helping her bring this vision to life
but, she was wondering if I could help spread the word and involve the Friend's
via the Newsletter.
This is a call to arms to all textile aficionadas'
asking them if they could help us in decorating the Yurt with various garden
related designs such as Bunting with floral, insect or garden tool designs. She
is especially interested in highlighting example of historical women's garden
attire such as aprons.
What a beautiful, colourful
display in the wild flower meadow in the Walled Garden.
I hope this inspires a
colourful display inside the Yurt.
Gawthorpe Textiles News
Gawthorpe Textiles Collection,
Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, Lancashire, BB12 8UA
Tel. 01282 773 963. www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
Exspiravit 23 July – 6 November
By Decorum
An exhibition by five female artists
which brings together a wealth of experience and captures the essence of
Gawthorpe Hall. Exspiravit depicts the
historical narrative view of this beautiful Elizabethan Hall, looking at who
lived in the house and what it was like hundreds of years ago. The artists have also been inspired by the
wonderful collections on display.
Priscilla Edwards, Christine
Stanford, Diana Morrison, Yvonne Noworyta and Val Jackson developed Decorum as
a group in 2018 and the artists are all Alumni of the BA and MA Textile and
Embroidery Programmes from Manchester University. With extensive experience and knowledge as
artists and teachers, they have all exhibited extensively both nationally and
internationally. This intriguing
exhibition takes place in one of the beautiful ornate rooms in Gawthorpe
Hall.
Facebook: @Decorumtextileartists
Meet the artists, Saturday 23rd
July 2 – 4pm at Gawthorpe Hall.
A programme of workshops linked to
this exhibition is available on our Evenbrite listings
Re: Fashion Repair Shop at Finsley Gate Wharf
On
selected dates over the summer months we are running a series of open sessions
and workshops to help people to learn the skills to give their old clothes a
new lease of life.
You
can also bring along any clothes that need mending and we’ll see what we can
do. Leave them with us to repair and renew and come back and collect them next
time we are open. You can also donate clothing that you no longer want that we
can upcycle, repair, and resell. Come and see us at Finsley Gate Wharf in
Burnley on one of the following dates:
Saturday 30th July Repurpose and
Recycle Day 11am – 3pm
Workshop: 11am - 1pm - Learn basic sewing skills to mend your clothes
Sunday 28th August 11am – 3pm
Workshop: 11am to 1pm - Make a decorative patch to cover a hole or stain
Sign up for your free workshop place
by contacting Bev Lamey - b.lamey@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
The
Re: Fashion Repair Shop is being run by Gawthorpe Textiles Collection in
association with the Canal & River Trust and is part of the Ethical
Textiles project funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund.
Support Us
Gawthorpe
Textiles Collection is going to be undergoing some major changes. In 2021 we
updated our vision for the future of the Textiles Collection and our goal is to
create a centre of excellence in textile learning. We are currently developing
partnerships with educational institutions and other stakeholders towards
achieving this. However, we also need to do some groundwork to make the
Collection more accessible and easier for people to use.
Due
to a shortage of space and worsening environmental conditions in the Collection
stores in the Hall basement, we are no longer able to continue to keep the
Collections stored there in the long term. As such we are currently looking for
a new premises to relocate the stores to. This move creates a fantastic opportunity
for us to undertake work with the collection to improve how it is stored, to
photograph each item and improve cataloguing. The current stores are full and
relocating will mean that we can also begin adding to the collection again, as
well as have more space to make the collection accessible to researchers,
academics and the general public.
In
addition we also intend to redisplay the Collection galleries in the Hall. This
will include purchasing new display cases to improve the way that the textiles
can be shown, to tell new stories and to introduce recordings that we have of
Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth speaking about her collection, bringing both Rachel and
the Collection to life for visitors.
All
of this activity is going to cost in the region of £300,000 and in the coming
weeks we will be launching a major fundraising campaign. We are incredibly
grateful for the support that we already receive from the Friends of Gawthorpe,
however if you are interested in finding out more about other ways that you can support us, please visit our
website: https://www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk/support-us
www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk - What’s On
- Events & Workshops https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/gawthorpe-textiles-collection-3288050358#_
