It's making me very thankful all of a sudden for having leeds market, too. There are a couple of fantastic stalls there, who if they don't have it will move mountains to get it for me (even wools in high summer and linens in the dead of winter).
Heard tell of the fabric shop in Jersey when we were down there for an event a few years back, but never got a chance to go. Debbie In a message dated 6/3/06 9:23:30 AM GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:21:55 +0100 (BST) > From: julian wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] U.S.-based Fabric stores closing > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hearing all your sad tales of your local fabric stores closing has made me > realise that we in the little Island of Jersey must be extremely fortunate in > having "Hamon's" of King St., Saint Helier, to patronise. > This fabric Store - situated in a late-18th Century building on our Town's > main shopping street, - is still operated by the Hamon Family [Armory - > Azure, a Lion rampant, reguardent, Or, - first recorded in 1331 Gregorian] - > and > all the staff have been there for decades, and are all either in their 60's > or older - [one or two much older], - with the benefits of decades of > fabric-shop experience. Compared with younger shop staff locally, I cannot > praise > our Hamon's staff highly enough. > The range of goods is huge - and the shop is stacked high with bolts of > cloth [and the ceilings are very high]. If Mr. Hamon hasn't got what you > require, then he'll "move heaven and earth" to obtain it for you! "Obliging" > doesn't > even come close! > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
