Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-19 Thread Wanda pease
ginal Message- From: Catherine Walton > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:02 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question > > I have the Shire book by Alice Armes, "English Smocks", (9th ed., Dryad > Press Ltd.,

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-19 Thread Viv Watkins
British Library through our local libraries, a wonderful service. Do you have anything similar? Viv. -Original Message- From: Catherine Walton Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:02 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question I have the

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread Catherine Walton
Hello Susan, I've sent a reply to the list, but it hasn't appeared yet, so I'll copy it below. Catherine. On 18/12/2015 05:10, Susan wrote: Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with email lists, so happy to see people. Since you're all here ... I've just gotten i

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread Susan
nt somewhere, unlikely to be recorded. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Susan To: Historical Costume Sent: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 12:10 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread annbwass
iginal Message- From: Susan To: Historical Costume Sent: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 12:10 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with email lists, so happy to see people. Since you're all here ... I

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread Kate Bunting
Hi, Susan, I take it you mean the agricultural worker's smock? (Smock was also used as a synonym for a woman's shift or chemise.) I've never heard of the outer garment being worn by women. Kate Bunting On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Susan wrote: > Hi all, > I'm still here. I get fed up with

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-17 Thread Susan
Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with email lists, so happy to see people. Since you're all here ... I've just gotten interested in english smocks (18th - 19th c ones) and was debating making one. I've requested a bunch of books from the library, and this ques