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Article: BOOZE CRUISE IS STILL CHEAPERBY FAR; Stocking up for the big day? KEN BENNETT discovers the English Channel is awash with bargains on a pre-Christmas sail to France.(Features)

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Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
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November 8, 2009
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THE alluring lace stockings looked an irresistible Christmas present for my wife.

But at 80 Euros a pair - and to parody Brummie comic genius Tony Hancock - that's almost pounds 40 a leg!

I was standing in a sumptuous shop at the Calais lace museum, an understated, pounds 30 million development in the heart of the historic town.

Here, once-derelict buildings have been transformed into a bright modern tourist attraction where the intricate history of lace-making comes alive through interactive exhibits.

It was English machinery and knowhow ...

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