Today, I was fortunate enough to have been invited to visit Derby’s Museum of Making, in the Silk Mill, just before its official opening, this Friday. And it made me cry a little.
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Becoming an apprentice was something I had never anticipated. Throughout my entire life, teachers pushed me down the path of academia, and university seemed to be my only smart option...
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Ah, the cheery, plaintive call of the weary landlord at closing time...of course we had, and of course we did, sometimes unsteadily, always advisedly. But we went home. Because we could.
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