I have the edition of "Spangles and Superstitions" that was published in
1987. It was published by C&D Springett, and there is an interesting
story at the very end of the book about the possible end of Harry
Armstrong's equipment...someone told the Springett's that when space was
needed for storage during WWII, that ten truckloads of equipment were
removed and dumped in some nearby sandpits! (another person says they
were burned). The different recollections in the story were about an
event that had happened just about 40 years earlier. (Write down your
memories!)
Would love to know what happened to all those patterns and bobbins! (as
well as the pillow, pillow horse, and bobbins that the lad threw into
the pond in the illustration in "Romance of the Lace Pillow") I wonder
if they were special bobbins, like mother & babes, or if they were
utilitarian type bobbins, just to keep lacemakers supplied with
something if they needed it.
I remember Lia Baumeister was given some bobbins that had been
discovered when they were digging during work in Amsterdam. Maybe one
day, someone will discover a treaure trove of similar English bobbins
that have survived at the bottom of a dried up pond or a sand pit... sigh
Debbie in Florida
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