Care Required
“It's just a matter of education. I believe children can be brought up knowning not to be destructive,” she said. Furnishing with antiques is not likely to appeal to the modern woman unless she is prepared to undertake the considerable care they require. Dusting alone is no small task, and initial restoring can take months of oldfashioned elbow grease.
“But It’s worth the effort just for the satisfaction of making something worthwhile out of something neglected," said Mrs Bradford, who has learned to recover sofas and chairs, and restore the shine to the delicate filigree brasswork on kerosene light fittings. The history of antiques, and the manners of the times in which they were made, interests Mrs Bradford more than technical details. When the club holds its planned showing during Show Week she will .be responsible for the presentation of a parade of garments dating from
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31786, 17 September 1968, Page 2
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