Let back and side go bear, go bear!

And speaking of textiles, a cloth-of-silver panel, thought to be from one of Gloriana's gowns has turned up in a rural church in Herefordshire as an altarcloth.  Love the bear!



There's a credible provenance: St. Faith's, Bacton, was the home church of Elizabeth's beloved and redoubtable gentlewoman, Blanche Parry, and it's where that lady's heart is buried.

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