Reading through what you had written, gave me the impression that this
was not a young man, and doing a Google search has brought up Frank W
Newborn, the son of a Tickhill farmer (there is a very interesting write
up about their lives on the farm on a family history site), Frank S
Newborn. His
Hi
I am not sure whether Sheffield was a silver hallmarking town/city, but
Birmingham certainly is. I think (and am happy to be corrected if I am
wrong) that items of silver where sent to certain towns to be hallmarked and
it would have been possible for Birmingham to have been used for the
: Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 15:00
Subject: RE: [lace] Looking for Frank Newborn
Hi
Yes you are right there was someone making silver bobbins, as well as brass
and possibly gold as well, who used to attend the Christmas Fair at
Birmingham E Yorks UK
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Years ago I put a picture on my website for some of the tatting shuttles I had
collected over the years at that time. One of the shuttle was silver and was
made by Frank Newborn. This shuttle had his mark on it and the silver markings
for England. Anyhow...I guess Frank didn't make too many of
