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Alencon

A quiet place beside the Tourist Office.
On the Trail of Alencon Lace

May 23rd 2015
Thursday 21 May 2015 A vague memory surfaced while we were in the Bayeux area and noticed the town Alencon on the map. A remembered association of this town's name with lace making was enough to send us on a mission to set eyes on some of the lace. A little preparatory detective work found the Musee des Beaux-Arts et la Dentelle would be the place to find the lace in Alencon, so we set off thro ... read more
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