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   Janet_Hatton | Jan 08, 1999 04:26pm | #1

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   Hello Sherry, lucky you taking a trip like that. I live in the UK so what parts will you be visting? Janet

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   sherry_stockton | Jan 08, 1999 10:23pm | #2

   *Janet thanks for your message. Yes, I actually won the airfare for 2 to Europe. We are flying into London for a few days,then will be in the Cheshire area on our way up to Scotland. Details still not finalized for actual dates. Any information you can pass along would be great and much appreciated and perhaps I can arrange tours etc. around the fabric shopping?

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   Ghillie_C | Jan 13, 1999 09:26pm | #3

   *Here are a couple of way-out-of-town suggestions:The Cotswold Woollen Centre at Filkins between Lechlade and Burford weaves medium weight fabrics in mostly quiet colours. You can buy fabric by the metre or made up into clothes, have tea or watch the weavers. Reid and Taylor weave top quality wools and cashmeres largely for export. They have a mill shop at Langholm which is due north of Carlisle just over the border into Scotland

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   Lis_Wedervang | Jan 14, 1999 04:47am | #4

   *Sherry. If you go to Carlisle, do go to the Linton shop, Shaddon Mill, not far from the station. They sell Chanel tweed, very cheap, and they are ever so kind, have been there several times, don't miss it, also Reid & Taylor have fine wools. I hope to go to Linton in 2 weeks.When in London go to John Lewis store. I'll find some other good places and write later.Lis in Denmark

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   AmyJeanne | Jan 28, 1999 06:01am | #5

   *When in Paris, take the subway to MontMartre to see the Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart) cathedral. Then browse through the shops in the streets at the base of the hill. I found a couple streets where every other shop was a fabric store! Came home with a few pieces of silk from Lyon.

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   Peter_S | Jan 30, 1999 07:19am | #6

   *These are great suggestions! I hope there are more to come as I am planning a trip as well.David Coffin has a list of London tailor shops that all sell high quality shirting fabric in his Taunton Press book on shirtmaking.