Way hosts ‘Downton Abbey’ gathering

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Barbara Flahiff (left) of Perrysburg chats with library volunteers Pat Muast (middle) and Wendie Kiskaddon (right) during a Downtown Abbey themed tea party at Way Public Library. (Photos: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune)

PERRYSBURG - Big hats with feathers and flowers, jeweled chokers and antique purses came out of Wood County closets Tuesday night as fans of the PBS blockbuster hit series Downton Abbey partied with fellow travelers.
Nearly 90 women - and four brave men - converged on the lower level of the Way Public Library for a high society Downton-themed tea party that channeled the manor house style of pre- and post-World War I England. The tribute to the phenomenally popular Masterpiece Theater program that has riveted followers on both sides of the Atlantic ever since its 2010 debut was dreamed up as a highlight of the library's 2013 adult summer reading program.