![]() ![]() Not recommended for those who get lost easily. There is another slightly shorter path involving Gloucester Cathedral's back garden. ![]() If you instead see the Gloucester Cathedral to your right, too bad you've gone too far - back one square, try again. This little gemstone attraction is right inside. In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta there lived a tailor in Gloucester. ![]() Turn into the alley College Court to your right. This home, and its tailor, were the inspirations behind the much loved children’s book The Tailor of Gloucester, by Beatrix Potter. You then walk all the way and continue on to Westgate Street. Turn left into Clarance Street until you reach Eastgate Street. The shop is on a small alley so it takes time to find it.Įxit Gloucester Station, cross the main road, turn right and walk along Station Road. Featuring photos and Potter's illustrations side by side, the original story she heard here (inspired the book) and the subsequent painful word cuts and other editorial changes to her manuscript.Īlso in the middle of the room is a race game (clip) with 124 squares to go. The shopfront Betrix Potter visited during her Gloucester trip, who immortalized it with her illustrated storybook The Tailor of Gloucester (1903). ![]()
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