C&TA book signings at Worstead Festival

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This summer we are very proud to have celebrated the publication of two new C&TA books - each  very different but both outstanding examples of their genre. 

Our authors were signing copies at the Worstead Festival at the end of July.

Stephen Worth and Michael Nix with their new publications at the Worstead Festival

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Dr Michael Nix has produced the first exhaustive history of the Norwich textile industry, a must-have book for academics and enthusiasts alike, whilst Stephen Worth's stunning colouring book brings to life the fashion for Norwich shawls in the nineteenth century in a delightful book full of lovely images and fascinating facts that will appeal to all ages.

They were joined by Helen Hoyte CBE whose beautiful illustrations and expert knowledge of Norwich Shawls and the Strangers - textile workers in Elizabethan times - are celebrated in her two books. 

It was a great day celebrating Norfolk's textile heritage in the grand medieval church in Worstead built from the proceeds of the medieval wool and weaving trade and in the good company of the Worstead Weavers, spinners and dyers who are keeping those ancient skills alive.

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