The magic of our heritage

Wednesday I had my booster jab at a local chemist.

With the Pfizer vaccine apparently you have to sit quietly

for 15 minutes after having it to make sure everything is ok

and you don’t collapse on the floor in a heap.

I didn’t sit quietly, instead chatting with the pharmacist and her staff

about everything and anything, including how you never see Johnson’s 

Baby Soap anymore. Random I know but I loved the smell of it.

I had some lovely comments on my outfit and hair and

said you should see the wandering welder he’s a proper dapper chap. With

that I dashed outside to the car and dragged him in for them to ooh and

aah over.  

Waving us off and wishing us a good day, we said we'll call again showcasing

another outfit soon. Everyone had a good chuckle.

Sat nav at the ready we set off up the road to Gawthorp Hall an

Edwardian house built by the Shuttleworths, now a

National Trust property at Padiham, Burnley.

First up we went into the barn to see the Lost Threads exhibition that is

part of the British Textile Biennial event taking part around Lancashire.

It was quite awesome to see the 114 metres of Dutch wax fabric hung from the rafters

to reflect the movement of oceans and rivers used to transport cotton across the planet

over the centuries.

Although normally recognised as African a lot of the designs came from Holland

and more recently produced in China.

 Next we moved onto the House itself.  I’ve been many times

but it was a first visit for Philip.

The dining room all set up for Halloween


The sitting room plaster ceiling is original and dates back to c1604

The Shuttleworth textile collection 




My favourite thing is the wall coverings




The Long Hall




Amazing sewing desk

Main bedroom


There’s something magical about British heritage properties

don’t you think

Finally we looked at the NHS quilt collection, created in

honour of the support services during the covid pandemic.

This is just a small selection of the quilts

on display








Hope you’ve enjoyed our tour of

Gawthorpe Hall 

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