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The Liverpool 08 Tapestry: People, Places & Passions Gill Roberts This book is dedicated to Elsie Watkins, the Tapestry designer, my co-conspirator, and very dear friend. If we’d only known what we were letting ourselves in for…..! Also grateful acknowledgements to the following people, who contributed to the project in so many ways: Andy Paterson, whose wonderful photographs form the basis of this book; Anne-Marie Hughes, the textile conservator who assembled the Tapestry; Martin Reece, a local photographer who kindly offered his photographs as starting points for several of the subjects; George Craig, Trustee of the Unitarian Church, Ullet Road, who looked after us at all our workshops, and whose cheerful Elsie Watkins presence and help we always appreciated; The members of the Merseyside Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild, who offered tuition, advice to stitchers, and maintained a steady flow of tea and coffee for the workshops; And finally, most importantly, Joe Morris, whose ideas, sponsorship, unstinting support and wonderful sense of humour have kept this project going and made it what it is. Gill Roberts from the Merseyside Embroiderers’ Guild Elsie Watkins Sefton Park Lake The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions | 3 Linda Cook, Elsie Watkins, Gill Roberts, Sarah Lowes, Enid Ewing. 4 | The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions Gill Roberts The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions | 5 ack in 2007 when Liverpool was planning its Capital of BCulture celebrations for 2008, we decided that Home Bargains should play an active part in the celebrations. Rather than just sponsor a “pop concert”, we thought it would be more beneficial to create projects that got the people of Merseyside actively involved in culture and the arts.
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