Nottinghamshire is machine made lace not Northamptonshire - we had a very
extensive pillow lace industry which was of equal importance as Beds and
Bucks.
Diana in Northamptonshire
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From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brian Lemin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Arachne" <lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] Non spangled bobbins
<PS was there a "West" midland lace industry?>
Northamptonshire (machine-made lace) is in the East Midlands. Bedfordshire
and
Buckinghamshire are usually included in East Anglia, but they are the two
counties below Northamptonshire.
Each area tended to have its own industries - Lancashire in the North West
had
the mills for example, and at least Staffordshire in the West Midlands had
pottery. Some of this was due to the climate, the natural resources in the
area, because of the innovators who lived there, and there were obviously
other reasons as well..
There doesn't seem to be any reference to lacemaking in the West Midlands.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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