So Agnes's husband, Mike and I were right Not that that will
make us big headed of course vbg
Sue in EY
On 14 Feb 2011, at 23:53, Margery Allcock wrote:
I had a reply about the lace police bobbin after I asked how big it
was:
Ebay Item number 120684810020
http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr
Is this a joke?
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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How bizarre! Very odd.
Claire Allen
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On 14 Feb 2011, at 08:06, Jean Nathan wrote:
Ebay Item number 120684810020
http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr
Is this a joke?
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So what is it?
Maureen
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It simply looks like a piece of treen done for fun or for practice.
Patricia in Wales
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Police? A truncheon perhaps, though there is no scale to judge how big
this item is. Certainly not a bobbin as we know the term and I don't
think that it has the characteristics of the type of turning called
bobbin that is used in furniture. See this chair on ebay to see what I mean.
It does not give a size, but my husband thinks it is an old truncheon that
English Bobbies (i.e. policemen) use to carry around with them.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
It simply looks like a piece of treen done for fun or for practice.
Patricia in Wales
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It seems to have a strap attached to the top.
Karen in Malta
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It simply looks
If the size is right then I agree with him!!
Sue in EY
On 14 Feb 2011, at 09:27, Agnes Boddington wrote:
It does not give a size, but my husband thinks it is an old
truncheon that English Bobbies (i.e. policemen) use to carry around
with them.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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If the size is right then I agree with him!!
Sue in EY
On 14 Feb 2011, at 09:27, Agnes Boddington wrote:
It does not give a size, but my husband thinks it is an old
truncheon that English Bobbies (i.e. policemen) use to carry around
That is the wrist strap.
If you ever watch old Charlie Chaplin movies, you'll see the policeman
twirling his truncheon
with wrist movement, and the strap around the wrist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTgX_SFqZEfeature=related
This shows how to make your own (should you ever need to)
Agnes
Maybe it's what the lace police use when you break the rules!
In reality I agree that if the size is right it's an old police truncheon and
as the modern ones are sometimes called batons maybe the seller got rather
confused between baton and bobbin - and then if he/she had seen a picture of a
Herts, UK
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Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:34 AM
To: Jean Nathan
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Maybe it's
Hello Lacefriends,
not being a specialist for English neither remembering what the police in old
Charlie Chaplin movies used I could imagine that such a word in English exist.
Here in Germany the clapper/tongue of bells is named Klöppel - bobbin. Also the
sticks drummer use are named in German
In the US, those were referred to as Billy Clubs. Police no longer
carry them.
Clay
On 2/14/2011 3:06 AM, Jean Nathan wrote:
Ebay Item number 120684810020
http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr
Is this a joke?
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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At 07:39 PM 14/02/2011, Maureen Bromley wrote:
So what is it?
They got the wrong word - obviously meant to write baton
David in Ballarat
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At 07:39 PM 14/02/2011, Maureen Bromley wrote:
So what is it?
They got the wrong word - obviously meant to write baton
David in Ballarat
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I assumed that if this item was described as a bobbin it was of similar
size. I then imagined it could be a novelty retirement gift for a bobby :-)
As he was losing his real baton he was given a miniature one.
Patricia in Wales
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a decent
handgrip and may well slip out of the hand if used to hit, prod or
restrain.
Good lace making, Joepie,
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To: Maureen Bromley ; Jean Nathan ; Lace
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At 07:39 PM
I wonder if, as Jean suggested this morning, it is a tongue-in-cheek
title (rather than a joke as such, Jean) - and is something that was
given to a lacemaker who just happens to be in the police?
After all, if you think of the number of times on Arachne that we have
referred to the lace
Curiosity got the better of me and I sent the seller a question. It was an
error in the title which she says she has now corrected. It is indeed as I
suspected, just an old police truncheon.
Claire
Kent, UK
Claire Allen
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On 14 Feb 2011,
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From: Claire Allen cla...@bonitocrafts.co.uk
Subject: Re: [lace] What???on eBay
To: Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Date: Monday, 14 February, 2011, 20:34
Curiosity got the better of me and I sent the seller a question
I had a reply about the lace police bobbin after I asked how big it
was:
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Hi,
I have had a lot of people asking about this item
and I think it's not clear what the item is, just
to make sure this is a Police wooden baton/truncheon.
And to
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