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 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Non spangled bobbins
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes There doesn't seem to be any reference to lacemaking in the West Midlands. About the only reference I've ever come across, was a label on some (typical East Midland bone) bobbins in the window of an antique shop in Broadway (in the Worcestershire Cotswolds) that stated they were West Midland Bobbins - we didn't go into the shop, and I suspect it was a case of mislabelling. I have heard of Coventry Lace, supposed to be blue, but never come across it. Coventry is definitely West Midlands. This area (which is where I am) is also known for leather work - there was a boot and shoe industry, and so any laces made were likely to be for that purpose. Tamworth, (South Staffordshire) and Coventry both had mills weaving narrow tapes - Coventry, as far as I know, still produces the famous Cash's Name Tapes. However, there may have been the odd lacemaker here and there - on researching DH's family tree (he is descended from a lot of lacemakers in Bedfordshire, there are none on my side!) there was one lacemaker in Oswestry on the Welsh borders - again, not known as a lacemaking area. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Non spangled bobbins
For some time now I have looking at just when East midland Bobbins started to be spangled. I clearly know why Honiton bobbins were not spangled because they have to thread the bobbin through whatever from time to time and a spangle would be a darned nuisance to say the least. (It must be obvious that I do not make lace, but none-the-less I love your hobby) But what about the other areas of the UK that made lace. Did they have similar reasons for not spangling their bobbins? e.g.. Bedfordshire, Malmesbury or Downton bobbins. oh yes Suffolk too! PS was there a West midland lace industry? Brian and Jean from Cooranbong, Australia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.5 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3844 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
