[lace] re: Old Bucks Postcard

Many thanks to all you wonderful spiders who have sent me information about the old Bucks postcard, greatly appreciated. I have e.mailed Lori to let her know that I will send a picture of the card just as soon as I can, have family arriving over the next few days, more than anticipated. many

[lace] old? Bucks Lace postcard

Hi Spiders I've recently acquired a postcard depicting 20 Bucks lace workers, members of the Bucks lace Industry, Olney. It states that their combined age is 1600 years the average age is given as 80. The postcard is not postally dated so I don't know how old it is, nor is the printers name

[lace] old lace related document

Hi spiders Long time since I've posted, but I've been lurking nevertheless. Anyhow, whilst doing some research at the County Record Office, in Ipswich, Suffolk (UK), I came across referencing to an old document, which I did have a quick look at. It is an old vellum document dating from 1830

[lace] gozo lace

dear arne the lace school is run by consiglio azzarpardi so you may be able to get details direct from her if not, you could e.mail me direct and i will be able to forward on more information about the lace school in gozo, one of my students (and her husband) went there this summer and had a

[lace] suffolk lacemakers

dear spiders i have just had the most awful shock. i have just been advised that the web site name, that was until recently, used by suffolk lacemakers has now been purchased by another company and is being used to directly link unsuspecting people to porn sites! we had used the web site for

[lace-chat] suffolk lacemakers

dear spiders i have just had the most awful shock. i have just been advised that the web site name, that was until recently, used by suffolk lacemakers has now been purchased by another company and is being used to directly link unsuspecting people to porn sites! we had used the web site for

[lace-chat] local council

Hi folks I just had to tell you about our local council. Delivered along with a lot of other freebie junk mail was a poster size foldout from our local authority. It contained lots of adverts which has generated the revenue to produce this amazing tomb of information. Poor sad sops that

[lace] elastic for a wedding garter

Hi Jill Glad to have been able to help out, as you say the shirring elastic is nice and discreet, either white or ivory should be fine, the ribbon just finishes it off. I know it adds time to the making of the garter but I think that it's time well spent. Why cut corners especially when you

[lace] elastic for wedding garter

Hi Jill I have made several wedding garters now, one of which I wore myself almost six years ago. I have found that threading the wide knicker type elastic through the middle where the ribbon would go to be most uncomfortable and unsatisfactory. So the method I use is to slip stitch sheering

[lace-chat] Lace 'At Home' - Essex/Suffolk, UK

I have been asked to post this message openly in reply as was the original message. Nicky in Suffolk ** Carol - in Suffolk UK. As the editor of Suffolk Lacemakers newsletter I would just like to point out that I am unable to include details of any event of which I have

[lace-chat] lace in Brussels

Hi folk I've no doubt that this one has been asked before, but a friend has asked about any museums, shops etc in Brussels that are of interest to a lacemaker? She will not be able to travel to Brugge. Can anyone suggest places to go to see etc? Many thanks Nicky in sunny Suffolk To

[lace] raffle - this must be a record

Sorry Jacqui, but I don't think so. I did a raffle for 12 pairs of Maltese bobbins Christmas 2003 and I received 129 entries! Until then I hadn't appreciated just how many are/were on the arachne list. Nicky in Suffolk Well, I think this must be some kind of record! We had 55 responses. I

[lace-chat] Lace day's

Hi Spiders For anyone in Suffolk and in particular the Lowestoft area the place to be on April 9th is Carlton Colville for Suffolk Lacemakers second lace day of the year. We have Jo Firth and Geoff Mudge attending as suppliers and our speaker is Leslie Sercombe. Should be another good day, I'm

[lace-chat] Lacemakers Circle AGM

Hi Liz Saw your posting about the Lacemakers Circle AGM. My DH and I are planning to be there too, be nice to meet up with you. Will wear my arachne badge and amber spider brooch. Talking of badges, I have just been mounting my small but growing collection of lace group/guild badges. Do any of

[lace-chat] attract young lacemakers

Hi all One way of finding out about lace classes that I don't think has been mentioned is by asking at your local library. Suffolk Libraries have what they call Suffolk Info Link, here they list all kinds of contacts for local groups/activities etc etc. You (or they will for you) access this

[lace-chat] Lace spending

Hi Liz and spiders Sorry to burst your halcyon bubble Liz, but I'd have to disagree with you, we are not buying the same products for the same price, anything but. The cost of lacemaking materials has increased just like everything else. Look at the price for a book 10- 15 years ago, just had a

[lace] Norfolk Lace Day

Hi Sue Glad to hear that your arm is now better and you are back to your lacemaking. Like you I'm looking forward to the lace day in Norwich on Saturday, I shall be taking along the old bobbins that I was recently given for Carol Morris to have a look at, her comments will be of great interest.

[lace] Lace shops

Hi spiders Like Sue, those of us who live in Suffolk are also greatly spoiled for access to lace suppliers, Suffolk Lacemakers organise 5 lace days each year and we have easy access to those held in the neighbouring counties of Essex, Cambridge and Norfolk. In fact you can have a hard job

[lace-chat] question about weather?

Hi all Yep its a Brit going on about the weather, but then I know some of you out there live in the area I'm enquiring about. My DH and I are looking to visit across the pond next year, in the Maryland/Virginia area of the US. (Probably around Montogomery MD; Richmond Williamstown VA).What I

[lace] Tracey Emin's bed

Oh what a relief, I'm clearly not the only one that thinks this piece of trash - take that how you will (didn't it also list on the bed cover all the men she'd slept with?) - is just another example of Emporer's New Clothes. Visited the Tate Modern a couple of months back, admittedly I wouldn't

[lace] lace classes - inspections and qualifications

I completed the Adult and Further Education Teaching qualification several years ago, which I passed, but when it came to receiving my certificate they refused to give it to me until I passed GCSE maths! Apparently I was supposed to have had either this or maths o'level when I enrolled for the

[lace] Re:lacemakers getting together

It's been interesting to read how the various groups meet up etc so I just thought that I'd add my bit too. The classes I teach were originally adult education classes at the local college when I was invited by the retiring tutor to take them over. All went well for the first year apart from

[lace-chat] Will the real dummy please stand up!

I had just finished reading the various snippets about dummies when I received a phone call, having just about recovered from laughing I just had to share this gem with you. I was recently asked to produce a new Village Directory - a list of all clubs, groups etc in our village, detailing

[lace] Old Lace Bobbins

Hello Diana Thank you so much for the reply. Absolutely fantastic. Priscilla Daniels would have been the aunt of the lady who originally owned the bobbins and Mrs [Emma] Daniels would have been her mother. I've not come across Betsy Willett - will search tonight when I visit the Family History

[lace] old lace bobbins

Hi spiders Shortly before Christmas I was given a large number of old bobbins, a few are very similar to those shown in David Springetts book and I'm getting a second opinion on them soon. In the main they had belonged to the ladies aunt (born 1887) who lived most of her life in the Shenley

[lace-chat] bobbins from Ballarat

Hi spiders Have just been able to successfully re-subscribe again! Computers ouch! Anyway, wonder if someone, (probably David from down under?) can answer my query. One of my students has just returned from six weeks in Australia (rained most of the time where she was), and on return to class

[lace] Norwich Suppliers Fair

The Norwich Suppliers Fair is organised by Norfolk Lacemakers and is being held at the John Innes Centre, Norwich Norfolk on Sunday 31st October. Norwich is centrally situated in the county of Norfolk in the region known as East Anglia ie in the middle of the large bump on the eastern side of

[lace-chat] new e.mail address

Hi Spiders Have been having untold problems with some low life who has infiltrated my e.mail and caused untold problems, they've evaded every MacAfee spam/filter security and so I've had to change my address with immediate effect to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do these people not have better things to do