A little more history behind the boy throwing his pillow down the well at Elstow. This was supposedly Ernie Cooper. The Coopers were quite a large family many of them lace makers. I have a copy of a photograph of a dozen members of Cooper family lined up sitting at their lace pillows. Centre front is a boy at his lace pillow, not Ernie but Vic Cooper who judging by the smile on his face seems to be enjoying his lace work.
Diana in Northamptonshire ----Original message---- >From : lizl...@bigpond.com Date : 05/11/2017 - 01:12 (GMTST) To : lace@arachne.com Subject : [lace] Lace tells & History There is a delightful story of a Lace School in Elstow (I think) where a boy got so mad at his lace, that he grabbed his pillow ran outside, and dropped the pillow etc down the well!!!!!! Regards from Liz. In still wintery Melbourne, Oz. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
