Well...I have just about tore my house apart. I did have an email from him back in 2002. Frank had been to my website and was looking at the shuttle I had on my website and was surprise to see the silver shuttle he made back in the day. He was so surprised that he send me an email wanting to know how I got it here in New York since he didn't make very many and he made them for special people. I had told him that there was someone who still had family in England and would go there to purchase items and bring them back to the states and put them in an antique shop we no longer have. This person knew that I tatted and was looking for shuttle and bobbins since I also do that. One time she had this shuttle that Frank had made. On the shuttle has his markings...FWN and also the assey marks. He told me in the email that he wanted to gift me one of his silver bobbins which he did send to me along with information as to what the assey marks stood for on the shuttle and bobbin. The assay mark is the Tudor Rose..standing for Sheffield, Lion for silver and...a "T" standing for 1993. The only reason why I know this is because in the letter he sent to me along with the bobbin he explained what the markings mean. My letter was dated 2002. You are right Jane and thank you for all of your information you have sent to me his address was Tickhill Donchaster, South Yorkshire. It is too bad he has passed on. I would have loved to be able to write to him again. I will cherish the letter he wrote to me and I am grateful to have the silver shuttle and the bobbin he made and gave to me. It sure is funny how small the world is. I will also say that I know in the Shuttle book done by Pam Palmer there is a picture of my shuttle and also there is a small tatting book that shows my shutttle as well as a picture of a silver shuttle he made for his daughter. The shuttle he made for his daughter is beautiful. The shuttle is opened worked in a tatted motif design. I would appreciate any information you can find on him. Please send to me whatever information you can find on Frank. It would be nice to see if I can some how connect with his daughter whom he make the one intricate shuttle for. That would be the icing on the cake to be able to find out more information on him. Now back to tearing my house apart...As I mentioned ...he sent me an email back them. I know my computer ( Hal who was named after the computer in 2001 movie) died. But I have since found a picture I took of the printed email that I must have printed and know there is no way I would have thrown it out...It camed to my Yahoo mail and I should have realized that since he used the email address that is located on my home website page. ...so I must have deleted it somehow...but the paper email is here...I just know it...I wouldn't have thrown it away...I do have a picture of the email...but is is a bit blurred. I can read it...but I wanted the printed email to put with my other information he sent to me. As I explained before I was going to take it all to my next guild meetin to tell the story and show my shuttle and bobbin and mine and Frank's correspondence. I am like a dog looking for a bone though...and I am going to keep looking for it. Thank you to all who have responded to my enqiry into Frank W. Newborn. Much appreciated.
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