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Debbie Johnson (left) and Kim Suleman (right) dressed in their shawl and hat 'for out in town'.
The first visit in our Around the Globe tour is with co-authors Debbie Johnson and Kim Suleman (writing as "Betty" and "Florrie"), who charmed everyone at the show in Houston with their warm personalities and their dress, typical of the clothing worn by middle-class women from a colliery village in the North East of England during the early 1900s.
Debbie and Kim's book, Colliery Days: A Fabric Project Book, includes beautiful photography shot in miners' cottages, and features old patterns inspired by the Beamish Open Air Museum interpreted in updated designs.
The book also includes childhood memories, recipes, and poems shared by "Betty" and "Florrie," who grew up in a nearby colliery.--Lilo Bowman
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