Stitching the Wars at Lyme Park

A Bomber's Moon, at Lyme Park. Photo © Garry Lomas 2016

Our project 'Stitching the Wars' is slowly coming to a conclusion. Public workshops have finished, the quilts 'A Bomber's Moon' and 'Fresh Air and Poverty' now finished, our job now is to complete the book that will sit along the quilts when exhibited, sharing the poems and reminiscence and to confirm a touring exhibition schedule.

It would be hard to think of a more fitting start for this process than at our local National Trust property Lyme Park. The stories gathered in this project from older people living in Derbyshire are rich with experience and feeling, as rich as the opulent surroundings of Lyme Park.

Fresh Air and Poverty at Lyme Park. Photo © Garry Lomas 2016

Fresh Air and Poverty at Lyme Park. Photo © Garry Lomas 2016

As with all of our projects they would be impossible without the kind  and generous support of volunteers and partners. For these photos (and more that will feature in the forthcoming exhibition and book) I want to thank Garry Lomas  for the wonderful photos and Kathryn Croxford at Lyme Park for making it all possible.