Re: [lace] Railway Bobbin

2019-10-28 Thread suebabbs385
I think you are absolutely right, Brian. They are very similar to the drawings of early trains which I have seen. Well done! Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com --- - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Railway Bobbin

2019-10-28 Thread Adele Shaak
I love the railway bobbin! I think that when railways first appeared (ca 1830), they were an amazing thing; I can see somebody carving this design onto a bobbin in commemoration of the day they saw the train. I once saw an early (as in, 1835 or so) advertising poster for an English railway