Unexpected delights of a Devonshire sort of day

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Unexpected delights of a Devonshire sort of day

Honiton lace
Gown made of delicate lace, 10 hours' work per square inch

Lace, china and hippos? If it’s all three in the same place, that’ll be Honiton, Devon, writes New Zealand Doctor journalist Virginia McMillan

 “I lived there for a while, and I couldn’t stand it,” said our van driver cheerily as we entered Honiton’s red-brick estate area where, strangely, ou