Costumes bringing us closer
Above: The Sewall-Scripture House, built in 1832, at 40 King Street in Rockport , Massachusetts . It is one of two museums in Rockport administered by the Sandy Bay Historical Society Google the little coastal town of Rockport to see where it lies exactly in the state of Massachusetts and you could be forgiven for thinking that you’re looking at a very odd map of England . There’s admittedly no Rockport here on our side of the Pond but as for the names of towns in the surrounding area of this part of the NW United States they’re all vivid reminders of how that part of Massachusetts was settled by refugees from religious persecution back in England, mainly in the 17th century. Ipswich, Gloucester , Manchester , Reading , Malden , Wakefield , Woburn , Haverhill , Newbury... the list goes on and on. So I’m always pleased to receive any friendly or enquiring emails from the USA keen to revive those centuries-old connections. R...