Dear All, I never really wrote much about hanging bobbins as it was so well covered by a web page that we had many years ago (I am afraid my memory can not recall it). It was a fabulous site, but I do not think it was ever archived (great shame.)
The other reason was that my great bobbin friend knew far more about them than I did!! I did contribute something on hanging on that site. Below is the entry in the Dictionary (www.brianlemin.com ) hanging bobbin A bobbin that bears an inscription commemorating the hanging of a criminal. There were seven hangings recorded by inscriptions on bobbins. Matthias and William Lilley 1829. Sarah Dazeley 1843, Joseph Castle 1860, Franz Muller 1864, William Worsley 1868. William Bull 1871, Miles Wetherall 1868. These do not come up for sale often and are thus rather expensive though they are not as well turned as many other bobbins. We had no room to tell you more. I had my birthday yesterday and despite everyone saying how well I looked, it did not improve my memory!! It is a bit of a worry. Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of J Reardon Sent: Wednesday, 5 February 2020 9:55 AM To: Catherine <[email protected]> Cc: Annette Meldrum <[email protected]>; Elizabeth Ligeti <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [lace] Bedford Hangings I think this is the link you’re wondering about : https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg54056.html The message thread is in the archives. Search “Mrs. Dazley hanging bobbins”. It’s from January this year. Started with Brian’s messages about the existence of bobbins commemorating hangings and their rarity. Certainly a curiosity. Jean Reardon, western PA - 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/ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 224 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/
