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TEXTILE STUDY GROUP – DEDICATION TO DEE COURT Helen Perry – TAASA Review March 2013

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This article was originally found in the March 2013 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 26).

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Dee had always urged Lenore to write about her amazing life experiences and so we decided to fulfil Dee’s wish in the form of a conversation between Lenore and Caroline.

That this event on 24 October 2012 at the Target Theatre, Powerhouse Museum was a "sell-out" was testament to the high esteem held for Dee Court, the legendry story telling prowess of Lenore Blackwood and the highly regarded interviewing skills of Caroline Baum. Early in the conversation we discovered the catalyst for Lenore’s obsession with travel.

In 1956, en route to London to pursue an acting career, her boat stopped in Colombo and it was there that her fascination for exotic destinations was born...