[lace] Looking into Frank W. Newborn and daughter

2013-05-29 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I would really  love to be in contact with Frank's daughter. It might be a bit harder for me on this side of the pond but maybe someone can contact her some how. I wonder if she belongs to any guilds for instance. Does someone that lives near Tickhill Doncaster South Yorkshire maybe they can give a

RE: [lace] Silver bobbins

2013-05-29 Thread Kathleen Harris
Dear David, That is wonderful! I had thought that the "N" might not be just a coincidence, but didn't think (or know how) to look into the family tree. Now it does seem likely that my bobbins were made by Rhona. It doesn't seem as if she did much silver work, as the assay office only know her by h

Re: [lace] Silver bobbins

2013-05-29 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Kathleen, Now, of course, I want to know who made my bobbins, who RKN is! I wonder if anyone on the list can help. Having had a bit of a look into Frank W. NEWBORN's family tree, I found that he only had the one daughter and her name was - wait for it - Rhona K. NEWBORN. I found no mar

[lace] Silver bobbins

2013-05-29 Thread Kathleen Harris
The correspondence about Frank Newborn inspired me to examine my two silver bobbins - I wondered if they had been made by him. They were given to me by my late husband to commemorate our silver wedding in 1985. One has an inscription, the other is turned and decorated. They both have birdcage spang

[lace] intellectual property and self interest

2013-05-29 Thread Jean Nathan
Sallie wrote: < To do this, isi it possible for the out-of-date books especially from those authors who are still living to post them to a website where they could be downloaded by anyone possibly with a small fee attached to the download.> Authors who have had books published by a commercial pu