In the Footsteps of Alan Summerley COLE
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A 2021 illustrated article by lace bobbin historian Brian Lemin retracing Alan S. Cole's 1887 tour of East Devon lace-making towns and villages, made as Commissioner investigating the Honiton lace industry. For each stop (Exeter, Beer, Colyton, Branscombe, Sidmouth, Sidbury, Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Exmouth, Otterton, Woodbury) it summarizes Cole's report on dealers, worker numbers, the decline of the trade and the lack of lace schools, alongside the author's personal memories and photographs, including East Devon decorated bobbins. It ends with a preliminary biography, timeline and bibliography of Cole, and mentions Marian Powys.
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