Re: [lace] more orphaned lacemaking supplies birthday wishes
Haha!! Agnes and I try that every time we go on the lace course run by Christine Springett I think our pillows don't talk to each other because they've never even produced as much as a pincushion. Sue in a dull East Yorkshire On 14 Apr 2011, at 02:46, hottl...@neo.rr.com hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: My collection has now grown to 7 pillows so I dare not store them all in the same room lest they multiply like rabbits! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] British Lace Guild AGM
This year we met at The National Trust Headquarters in Swindon. It was an excellent venue since there were other activities around, especially The Steam Museum(Isambard Kingdom Brunel). Over 150 membersattended for the entire weekend, with day members and visitors as well. The latter included members of the public who were attracted by our demonstraters and mounted exhibitions from these groups.:- Salisbury and Spire and Sarum, Wyvern and Chipping Sodbury Lacemakers. Together with Bristol Leisure and Great Western Embroiderers. Besides the suppliers attending, we had Lace Guild sales of patterns, calendars,beginner booklets on a number of varying lace techniques e.g milanese, needlepoint, torchon etc.. A 50/50 sale with many tempting bargains, surplus books from the Guild Library. The Guild also displayed some treasures from our Lace Archives. On the Saturaday afternoon the business meeeting was held with a lively discussion on the problems of recruiting new members. This is made more difficult in the current financial situation with Further Education classes being either cut or made too expensive across the country. It was agreed that it was important for us:- 1. to get out and about to demonstrate lace on every possible occasion, with a beginner's pillow availabe for people to 'have a go'! 2. to approach schools where we could teach lace, possibly as an after school activity/club. I also delight in attending the AGM for a number of reasons. Yes, because one should be involved in the running of the Guild even in this small way, but for the joy of meeting friends who live many miles away (in UK terms) and the exchange of ideas on designing, making, mounting etc. of lace. It is a melting pot from which new ideas are created and our craft can move onwards. There is another reason, that rarely gets mentioned, and that is the support and friendship from lacemakers far and wide when one is ill or loses a partner and that is something which has helped me enormously. Sheila, in Sawbridgeworth where the sun is still shining! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: [the new book from Martina Wolter-Kampmann
Dear Lacefriends, being unsure if it is allowed to write about a new book I will only say the book is worth to buy it. Those who could understand German will find more in the number 2/2011 of Die Spitze. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Norway
Hello all, Are there any members from Norway in the list? I would like to get in touch with you. Please, write to me privately. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Antje, in sunny Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] AJ Rasmussen Danish bobbins
Hello! Thank you Vibeke for sending info about AJR. I just wanted to send an atta girl let her know she made quite an impression on my friend. Even though Betty has arthritis is no longer able to make lace, she spoke glowingly of her former teacher. She passed along AJR's business card with an Avenue E Herman, Fayt-lez-Manage address. To Lyn--30pr of Danes are wound for the Maltese class on Sat. so I'll test drive report results after that. I've been using the Dutch for a long time so I'm eager to compare since they are experienced bobbins, there should be no mistakes ! g Needless to say, I'm enjoying the treasure trove that has come my way. Happy Spring to all! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: [the new book from Martina Wolter-Kampmann
I'm not sure if it's allowed either, but no-one complained when I posted about Mariña Regueiro's new Hinojosa book last week, so tell us a bit more, please. I am sure that information about new books is as essential as knowing about new threads or new lace days. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: [the new book from Martina Wolter-Kampmann
We often post book reviews on Arachne. I've done it myself. Sr. Claire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: book reviews
Hi All, I appreciate hearing about new and old books. I do buy from time to time and find the book reviews from lacemakers very helpful. The books are very important to making lace. One of the best tools we have here in the U.S. of A. where the guilds are spread so far apart. My thanks to those who take the time. Susie Morris, IL - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: [the new book from Martina Wolter-Kampmann
What's the problem with mentioning a book on Arachne if it's lace-related? I am very far behind on my list emails right now because I am busy with Passover preparations. If someone has a question or needs clarification, please write to me directly and I will usually answer within 24 hours. Best wishes, Avital Arachne moderator On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Ilske Thomsen ilske-peter-thom...@t-online.de wrote: Dear Lacefriends, being unsure if it is allowed to write about a new book I will only say the book is worth to buy it. Those who could understand German will find more in the number 2/2011 of Die Spitze. -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: German suppliers
If you look to later emails, you will see that she provided the list in the body of her next email. Good list, with a good number of suppliers, with their towns. Came out a bit garbled, but it is actually a chart, with each line numbered. I cut and pasted the whole thing into my word processor program, and arranged the columns, then saved it. Now I have it for future reference. Last time I looked for lace places was in 2007, for a 4 week camping trip in France, solo, with the theme of looking for lace places. An amazing trip. At that point few places had websites. Now almost all do. If there is a website, I think it helps to take a look, if nothing else to see what is generally sold. For example, several websites sell beginner's packages which include Ulrike Lohr's (Voelker) book, Kloppelkurs. You can buy this here at both of my go-to online lace suppliers, AND there is a translation available. Invaluable, believe me, as I bought it before the translation, and spent fruitless hours translating until I got the lace glossary, which has lace terms, (never included in a standard dictionary) in 9 languages. Don't know if the glossary is still in print. I learned lace the second time from this book, and it was very good. Also, you can see possible bobbin types. Clearly the hooded bobbin, the one with a sleeve over the bottom part, is very popula r. But there are several other bobbin types. And then there are the pillows. Clearly the German traditional pillow is the bolster type, which is completely round, and sits on a stand. Then, as I also saw in France, the popular modern pillow is a block pillow, in all its variations. If you know that, and perhaps something about prices, your shopping in a particular country will be more fruitful, because you'll know what's there, what's generally available, where it might be found, what you can get at home, price differences, if any, and even what you want. Books, of course, are another matter, and are always my downfall. I had to pay overweight fees for my luggage on the way home from France. Of course I did have a pillow, innumerable books, and the head of a French pitchfork in my luggage, as well as a dibble (specialized gardening tool) and an asparagus weeder, all of iron. But I could part with none. I don't think lace suppliers with a store list everything they have. And a lot of it is sold worldwide. But it's those treasures, like the keychain patterns I picked up in Linkoping in Sweden, that are such fun. Always ask for lace supply stores, preferably in the native language, of different people, including the shop you are in. Lacemaking is not necessarily a national pastime, so the information you are looking for may not be universally known. Another thing which may be as applicable to Germany as it is in France. Bobbin types are peculiar to a region. You can count on everyone in a certain place using 'their' style of bobbin, so it will be for sale there in that town or region, but perhaps nowhere else in the country. In America, if one is choosing a Continental bobbin style, it will be a personal preference. In France, at least, that is not so. And the little shop in Benalmadena, Spain, only sold one style of bobbin, as if that were the only one available, so it is probably the case there as well. How it is in Germany, I am not sure, but it certainly might be so. Bottom line, as with all travel, is to research well. One of the things I did in Sweden, to appease D,DH, was to research model train stores, so we each had an interest. Reduced complaints and sighs to a minimum. Using the google translating tool makes this fairly simple. I cut and paste interesting sites onto a page in my wordprocessing program, so I have the list on one page, with phone numbers, address, website. I also looked up the location on an online map, and transferred it to a map I took along. Very helpful. But don't overlook those serendipitous finds, in shops where only a bit of it is for lacemaking. Those can be the best of all. I have found travel with a theme, such as lace, very rewarding, as it takes you to places you might not have gone, off the tourist trail, into a world that is actually somewhat familiar, albeit halfway around the world. My travel jacket is a blazer (4 inside pockets) where I put a lace hankie, solid Torchon, (pattern from a book purchased in Seattle, totally in Japanese) in the breast pocket, attached with a thread to the inside, so I can show people what I mean. This is the second time I made the hankie, which is why it is now attached by a safety pin and 20/2 linen thread to the jacket. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where the weather is just about perfect for spring. Tea on the patio after the taxes are finished. -Original Message- From: Marilyn Vogl vgl_mr...@yahoo.com Sent: Apr 14, 2011 10:40 AM To: lynrbai...@desupernet.net Subject:
[lace] book reviews etc - what is and isn't allowed
From my being on the list since July 1995, there is nothing at all to stop anyone posting anything that is lace related on lace and anything else - within reason - on lace chat. So reviews of lace books are allowed on lace, and often helpful to those who have no chance of seeing them before deciding to buy. Non lace subjects belong on chat, and cross posting to both lists is discouraged as some people still pay to download, or have limits on the amount they can download, so getting duplicate messages can cause problems. For those not on chat - it isn't like the old days where there were up to forty messages a day - far from it - today there have been several following a link to a film clip of San Francisco before the 1906 earthquake... (fascinating), but frequently we go several days without anything posted on chat at all. Rather than post off topic subjects on lace, or cross post, maybe subscribe and come and join those of us on chat? Sometimes threads start on topic and meander off (or vice versa) - this is where being on both lists mean you can continue when it is moved to the other, but please when replying delete the word and brackets [lace] or [lace-chat] from the subject line - for those of us using filters this helps the moved message to go in the right mailbox! (Arachne's computer adds these tags to each message according to which list it is addressed to). The basic rule is not to blatantly advertise your own goods (or those that you have a financial interest in) - so in the case of a book that you want to tell everyone about, that is fine as long as you didn't write or publish it! Suppliers are allowed to answer direct questions, but obviously not go into great detail - so a yes, we stock it is fine, but going into detail as to how much for can be done by private email with the person interested. Other than that, remember (particularly on chat where jokes are circulated) that some of those reading may be children, and don't post anything that could be regarded as offensive - ie avoid politics and religion which are nearly always contentious subjects! (Though jokes on chat that tar everyone with the same brush can be quite funny - it is picking on one in particular that can cause upset). Remember that in an international group, not everyone has the same sense of humour (there were quite a few wind-ups in the early days - particularly over such things as Marmite!). This is why Tamara (the Duchess - another long story from the past) put on her flame proof undies - performing a very valuable service of censoring those jokes that we weren't sure of, before deciding whether they were fit for the whole list or only for circulation on her list of those who would appreciate them. There is an Arachne handbook, in two parts, I think updated around 2000 or so, which I've kept copies of - though some parts of it now may be out of date - which gives a reasonable amount of guidance. I believe the original idea was for the link to this to be circulated to all new members - though whether this still happens I don't know. I can forward it (as long as I can find it on this computer!) but don't all rush at once! The main thing from sixteen years' experience is that around October/November we seem to have a flame-fest - it doesn't happen every year, but it seems that once the headache of the kids being off school (half term? or just the impending Christmas/winter holiday) kicks in and the US start thinking about Thanksgiving dinners tempers can get a little frayed, raw nerves get touched and bitchy posts sent - at which point in the past some newcomers to the list have been put off. The thing to remember is to bite your tongue and calm down before hitting send if you find something upsets you at that time of year! If you are not sure, email Avital and ask - but remember that she too has a life, and may not be able to respond immediately :-) To the other long-in-the-tooth Arachnes - have I missed anything? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: [the new book from Martina Wolter-Kampmann
For my money the best new lace book in recent months (years) is Jane Atkinson's 'Contemporary Lace for You'. I even paid postage to get it before Lace Guild Convention as I wasn't sure if it would be available there. It was - along with Jane and some of the lace from the book. It's not a book of patterns but there are a few sample prickings and explanation about how she designed the various pieces of lace and about the various threads and yarns she uses. Add to that superb full colour photographs throughout the book I think it's a must have for anyone interested in modern lace. http://www.contemporarylace.com/html/books.htm Brenda On 14 Apr 2011, at 16:22, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: I am sure that information about new books is as essential as knowing about new threads or new lace days. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Martina Wolter-Kampmann's latest book
Hi everyone Thank you Ilske for alerting us to Martina's newest book. I wanted to know about this book. I googled the author's name and found her website. Info in English about the book is here: http://wolter-kampmann.de/verlag_en.html There were some little videos, too, at the google search page. Bev -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday
Dear All, I think that this summs up everything that is wonderful about Arachne. I've been off line for a couple days but have come back to masses of topics and chat that I have been looking forward to reading. I joined Arachne very, very early in it's history and although I have changed email address, smail address and even my surname, it seems that many things in life are transient but Arachne is for life. Thank you L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Tue, 12/4/11, jeria...@aol.com jeria...@aol.com wrote: From: jeria...@aol.com jeria...@aol.com Subject: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday To: lace@arachne.com Date: Tuesday, 12 April, 2011, 20:46 No one has mentioned that today is our Sweet 16th birthday. Thanks again to Liz Reynolds. She has made it possible for us to communicate via this medium since 1995, without charge. Her gift has given many lacemakers opportunities to increase their knowledge about lace. And thanks to Avital for being our Webmaster for many years. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Martina Wolter-Kampmann's latest book
I'Ll send a report about the book tomorrow Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Danish twins wearing lace
Hello lacemakers, The Danish royal twins were christened today and I was curious to see what they were wearing, They both have lace trimmed gowns and lace bonnets, http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/lifestyle/people/danish-royal-twins-chris tened-20110415-1dg9h.html I hope there will be some close up pictures to view the lace better! Irene Whitham - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] book reviews etc - what is and isn't allowed
Nice comprehensive list of guidelines - thank you, Jane. A couple more points: Please trim the messages you're replying to. If people don't trim, then the earlier messages in a conversation may be repeated many times; and as Jane says some people are still paying for download time. And when I had a heap of kit to clear out and sell, I asked Avital's permission first. And then just gave a link to my blog page where my stuff was listed in detail. No details on this list, just I have stuff to sell; here's my link. So I think the rule must be: ask Avital first, then do as she wishes. Best wishes, Margery. margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jane Partridge Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:17 PM snip The basic rule is not to blatantly advertise your own goods (or those that you have a financial interest in) - so in the case of a book that you want to tell everyone about, that is fine as long as you didn't write or publish it! Suppliers are allowed to answer direct questions, but obviously not go into great detail - so a yes, we stock it is fine, but going into detail as to how much for can be done by private email with the person interested. snip If you are not sure, email Avital and ask - but remember that she too has a life, and may not be able to respond immediately :-) To the other long-in-the-tooth Arachnes - have I missed anything? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday
You're welcome! I'm happy to help. I can't even recall when I joined Arachne but I think it was when my son was a baby because I used disposable diapers as the skirt for my first home-made lace pillow. (Someone had given us a pack of newborn size and my son outgrew them within a month.) Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday
P.S. My son is almost 18, so I've probably been on the list for about 16 or 17 years. And just to keep you on the straight and narrow Please remember to trim your posts! Try not to have multiple footers at the bottom. ;-) I'll overlook two footers, but if you start making a habit of leaving three footers and I notice, you will get a gentle reminder from me! Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday
Hi Avital and everyone IIRC someone, and it might have been you, made bobbins from a paste of challah. Your post about the diaper 'skirt' reminded me! On 4/14/11, Avital spind...@gmail.com wrote: You're welcome! I'm happy to help. I can't even recall when I joined Arachne but I think it was when my son was a baby because I used disposable diapers as the skirt for my first home-made lace pillow. (Someone had given us a pack of newborn size and my son outgrew them Note that I have trimmed the post. Go me... -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Danish twins wearing lace
I couldn't get this page to work but there are many, many photographs at: myroyal-myroyalsblogpot.com/2011/04/christening-of-danish-royal-twins.html Patricia in Wales -Original Message- From: Whitham, Irene Steve ir_st_w...@shaw.ca To: lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:07 Subject: [lace] Danish twins wearing lace Hello lacemakers, The Danish royal twins were christened today and I was curious to see what they were wearing, They both have lace trimmed gowns and lace bonnets, http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/lifestyle/people/danish-royal-twins-chris tened-20110415-1dg9h.html I hope there will be some close up pictures to view the lace better! Irene Whitham - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Danish twins wearing lace
Hi Irene and everyone At hello.ca there are some of the same photos, and this little bit of info: The little princess wore a christening robe of white cotton batiste and a bonnet which belonged to her great-grandmother Queen Ingrid. And the little prince wore a gown fashioned from Brussels lace, which was originally made for the christening of future King Christian X in 1870. This picture is quite good, at least you can tell there is lace: http://tinyurl.com/christening-lace On 4/14/11, Whitham, Irene Steve ir_st_w...@shaw.ca wrote: Hello lacemakers, The Danish royal twins were christened today and I was curious to see what they were wearing, They both have lace trimmed gowns and lace bonnets, http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/lifestyle/people/danish-royal-twins-chris tened-20110415-1dg9h.html -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Danish twins wearing lace
Hello again, Sorry the link split in my last email, here is the tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/3qm4qr6 Little Josephine is wearing Tønder lace, Big Heart of Denmark! Irene Whitham Surrey, BC Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday
And she's not kidding! I got one of her gentle reminders when I got too enthusiastic about answering something and failed to trim a very long list of comments that had been sent round and round!! I suspect I wasn't the only one that time!! Clay And just to keep you on the straight and narrow Please remember to trim your posts! Try not to have multiple footers at the bottom. ;-) I'll overlook two footers, but if you start making a habit of leaving three footers and I notice, you will get a gentle reminder from me! Avital - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] book reviews etc - what is and isn't allowed
Thank you Jane for a wonderful precis of the last 16 years of Arachne (15 for me :-)). You said it all in a nutshell. Cheers, long-in-the-tooth Shirley T. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Video of San Francisco in 1906
A friend sent me this link to one of the most amazing pieces of film I've ever come across. It's best viewed full-screen; there is no sound, of course. Original Message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So Film footage of San Francisco's Market Street from a moving cable car, before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The footage was filmed only days before the quake and shipped by train to NY for processing. This is truly a historical film record. --- Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where the garden is longing for an April shower). To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Video of San Francisco in 1906
I loved it! I was especially struck by how much the people were constantly crossing and in the same path the cars and cable-cars were! What chaos! Clay On 4/14/2011 8:00 AM, Linda Walton wrote: A friend sent me this link to one of the most amazing pieces of film I've ever come across. It's best viewed full-screen; there is no sound, of course. Original Message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So Film footage of San Francisco's Market Street from a moving cable car, before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The footage was filmed only days before the quake and shipped by train to NY for processing. This is truly a historical film record. --- Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where the garden is longing for an April shower). To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Video of San Francisco in 1906
Yes - scary! (Especially the ladies in those unwieldy dresses.) It gives me a new appreciation for the Highway Code. And I notice how many people are staring at the camera, whereas nowadays people often seem to be pretending it's not there, (perhaps learned from cinema films), or talk directly to it, (perhaps learned from television interviews). Linda. On 14/04/2011 14:08, Clay Blackwell wrote: I loved it! I was especially struck by how much the people were constantly crossing and in the same path the cars and cable-cars were! What chaos! Clay On 4/14/2011 8:00 AM, Linda Walton wrote: A friend sent me this link to one of the most amazing pieces of film I've ever come across. It's best viewed full-screen; there is no sound, of course. Original Message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So Film footage of San Francisco's Market Street from a moving cable car, before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The footage was filmed only days before the quake and shipped by train to NY for processing. This is truly a historical film record. --- Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where the garden is longing for an April shower). To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
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Perhaps they all decided to cross the road to get into the film! Sue sueba...@comcast.net To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
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Very interesting film. On my screen at the end of the film when Youtube shows other similar films was the same film on half a screen with a film of the same street taken a few days after the earthquake and fire, side by side. It was a very different looking city. As to the traffic and people, this had to be long before traffic laws and marked pedestrian crossings. I think the film shows actions sped up a bit, as many old films do. Distances may have also been a bit foreshortened by the camera so actions were not quite as dangerous as some looked. Alice in Oregon ... raining again but next week is supposed to actually be dry. There's always hope. - Original Message - I loved it! I was especially struck by how much the people were constantly crossing and in the same path the cars and cable-cars were! What chaos! Clay On 4/14/2011 8:00 AM, Linda Walton wrote: A friend sent me this link to one of the most amazing pieces of film I've ever come across. It's best viewed full-screen; there is no sound, of course. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So Film footage of San Francisco's Market Street from a moving cable car, To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
