MAY I support those readers who have written concerning the Lewis Textile Museum in Blackburn?

I think I may have a deeper interest than many as my uncle Robert Hook, who was in business as an antiques dealer and restorer in the 1920s, worked for the donor, Mr T B Lewis, on his acquisitions.

In fact, Uncle Bob, together with Mr Wilkinson, head of textiles at Blackburn Technical College, went to Bolton many times to draw up plans for a replica of the spinning mule now in the museum.

Mr Lewis had part of Uncle Bob's workshop in Starkie Street converted into a storeroom for the antiques he had bought on the Continent and which needed renovation. In fact, Mr Lewis asked me one day to see if I could find the secret drawers which many of these cabinets had in them.

As a boy of 11 to 13, I listened in silence as the future of the museum was being discussed by my uncle and other interested parties.

I don't think the building itself is much to be concerned about, but I would very much like to see the textile exhibits transferred to the main museum where there would be more space.

I finished my working life at the museum and spent many hours on duty in the Lewis.

W A SELLERS, Grindleton Road, Blackburn.

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