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 te
Thank you all for your contributions which has made such interesting reading.
The History of Lace and these tells is fascinating..
The men learned lacemaking as children, and as agricultural workers they were
dependant on the weather, - so during times of bad weather, they were able to
earn a few
