I might one day write up the issues of searching for Lost bobbins but briefly this what I have done to try and find three totally uniquely decorated Honiton bobbins that once belonged to Marian Powys (Lace and Lacemaking) It has taken more than a years and that is with the benefit of email all over the world.
1. Contacted surviving family members 2 Contacting the second line of family and business friends and associates (I do have record of say 20 of her East Midland bobbins) Perhaps I should have said "I did find".....and also have a record of... 3 Contacted Devon Museums especially those with Powys contacts 4 Contacted USA auction houses 5 Contacted key personnel in the USA lace community 6 Contacted the museums where Marian donated or contributed to their exhibits 7 Wrote articles for OIDFA and IOLA including a begging paragraph! 8 Contacted our Lace Guild 9 Wrote another article, much more detailed for OIDFA, awaiting publication. I am convinced they are in America, but I may be wrong. 10 Said prayers (yes, me) I have given up, but some of you younger people might see them someday. Who knows? There is also a second "transportation" Bobbin (To Australia) that is "lost" That has tentatively been tracked down to a collector in Ireland, we have vague ideas of a name too but in this day of privacy etc I am not sure it should be publicized. It's drawing a long-bow, but illustrates the many difficulties there are in finding "lost bobbins". Oh, my wife Jean has just asked me if I looked in those two boxes of bobbins I have and she has to move every time she cleans? "Yes, darling, I have!" Smile. Brian -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 222 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try a Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen - 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/
