Leicestershire

The Lacemakers Story

Charnwood Museum, Granby Street, Loughborough

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The Lacemakers Story: Loughborough Luddites and Long Journeys Exhibition.
The exhibition tells the story of abotage and smuggling, migration and deportation. Find out abour pioneering Loughborough inventor John Heathcoat, the Luddites who attacked his factory, the workers who walked 200 miles to follow Heathcote to Devon, and the lacemakers who sailed to new lives in France and Australia. 01509 233754.
FREE
20th April 2007 to 8th July 2007.