Keeping a perspective of when people did research and published the books we use for research is important.  For our archives:  The official reports of living and working conditions of lace makers in England and Ireland were written by Alan Summerly Cole, youngest son of Sir Henry Cole, in the second half of the 19th century. Sir Henry Cole was first managing director of what is now named the Victoria and Albert Museum (and a close friend of Prince Albert for whom he led the creation of The Great Exhibition of 1851).   Some of you may have the set of 4 books on those reports that were republished by Sheila Brown's husband, Alan Brown. between 2000 and 2002.  Sheila did research and wrote in the beginnings of these books to clarify what today's readers find in them.  The 3rd edition of the Wright book in my library was published in 1919, and it is dedicated to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra (Queen Victoria died in 1901).  My 3rd edition of Mrs. Palliser's book is dated 1875, and there is reference to it being 11 years since it was first published.  That makes her a contemporary of Alan Summerly Cole.  Both Palliser and Cole were associated with the Victoria and Albert (Kensington Museum).  This is an opportunity to mention that Sheila Brown joined the lace makers in Heaven this year.  An article about her appeared in The Lace Guild's July bulletin no. 167, on page 4.  The last time I spoke with Sheila was at the OIDFA congress in Normandy.  She was being well cared for whilst there, by friends.  At one point, lace maker nurses in the lounge all converged on her when she had a choking episode.  This is a reminder for all with various ailments that you can dare to go to lace events well into old age.  There always seems to be people with medical training amongst us.  Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ------------------------------------------------------  In a message dated 11/22/2017 1:56:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
 Hello Devon, cc Diana and everyone Your mention of what the lace schools were like brought to mind Alan Brown's poignant publication, "Take the Children..." https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/ba_2_2000.pdf I found this informative message in the lace mail archive, about lace schools per research in Northamptonshire as Diana wrote: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg40674.html - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
