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BY LAYNE CHRISTENSEN
Community Reporter

. WHAT makes a collec-
“tion?

“We all have 20 pairs of
socks but does that mean we
have a collection?" muses
‘Deborah Tuyttens of the West

‘ts; Vancouver Museum = and
Archives,
‘West Vancouver Collects,”
the museum's current installa-
Aion, attempts to broach that
question.
” + On display in the tiny muse-

‘um at Gertrude Lawson House, .

Esquimalt and 17th Street, are
the. strange and varied collec-
of West Van citizens.

There are the animal skulls

collected by naturalist Eiaine

.. Some, like the sea

on, were found along the
shoreline at Lighthouse Park.

‘books and biscuit tins belongs
: joy: McLelland. One book,
tac the White House Cook Book, is
“almost 100 years ald.

oe le. and
Pit Gabriele. an Stephen Sinclair
‘out their Chinese
papercuts, ts, so delicate that they
uickly fade in daylight.
sprit Cassetta’s tea-

ons The two Bcc.
Is are a suitable ‘Pairing.

Grating .the.“coronation of
Edward Vis ‘in 1902. Cassetta

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NEWS photo Mike Wokofield

MARGUERITE  Cassetta's teacups and Miriam
Bszgson’s silver spoons reflect a passion for collecting.

has & teacup commemorating
the wedding of Edward VII to
Princess Alexandra.

Both coilectors hai! ‘from
the United Kingdom. Both
began their collections there.
Both stopped collecting some
years ago. But that’s where the
similarities end.

Cassetta’s collection num-
bers. 30; Bergson’s, 179.
Cassetta’s cups all have a royal
theme. — coronations, wed-

dings and the like. Bergson's
are all over the map.

Both agree, however, that
the joy is in the collecting and
in the sharing.

West Vancouver Collects
continues to next March, with
new private collections fea-
tured every three (o four
months. West Van residents are
invited to contact the museum
at 925-7295 to have their col-
lections assessed for display.

CORRECTION
NOTICE

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“Buy Any  Regutar-Priced
Personal Care Electrical & Got
the 2nd Regular-Priced item at
1/2 Price” offer on page 56
should stata that 2nd item must
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