As it is nearing the end of DH's two weeks of holiday we had a day out to the National Needle Museum at Redditch on Thursday and it was a wonderful sunny day. The day got better day when we managed to locate some more paint from the Redditch Homebase to finish Bedroom 3. (We had been told by our local branch at Hilton Road, Worcester that it was unavailable and we were about to get some specially mixed at great cost. Plus .... the tin we found was reduced as there were limited stocks of it (2 tins to be precise!!)).
Our first port of call at the Museum was the ORIENTATION exhibition by SIX and this piece was by Laura Kemshall. A lovely exhibition including a display of work by Marie Roper who sadly died recently.
The tour of the Scouring Mill was interesting as it followed the progress of how a needle was made and why Redditch was regarded as providing the best needles in the country. A wide variety of needles were on display - many fascinating, but some gruesome - surgical needles for various uses!! The whole process would never have got past H&S today, with many of them being not only hazardous, but also life threatening.
The ruins of Bordersley Abbey are also located on the site and there were a number of tile fragments cemented into the floor of part of the abbey.
oh that must be an interesting place to go......and I love the tiles!!
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