[lace] Lace Tells, etc.

Many of the Bucks Point prickings have only about an inch of dots for the ground pins. It took a long time for me to find out that this was because after the last row of ground pins the lacemakers would be able to work the ground without any pins, so the work would be a lot faster. I wonder if the

[lace] Sorry, forgot to trim lace tells posting

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Re: [lace] Lace tells & History

front is a boy at his lace pillow, not Ernie but Vic Cooper who judging by the smile on his face seems to be enjoying his lace work. Diana in Northamptonshire Original message >From : lizl...@bigpond.com Date : 05/11/2017 - 01:12 (GMTST) To : lace@arachne.com Subject : [lace] Lace te

[lace] Lace tells & History

Thank you all for your contributions which has made such interesting reading. The History of Lace and these tells is fascinating.. The men learned lacemaking as children, and as agricultural workers they were dependant on the weather, - so during times of bad weather, they were able to earn a few

Re: [lace] Fwd: Life in Olney a Hundred Years Ago - Lace Tells Reference (Long Post)

Dear Jeri and all For a moment I thought you were referring to a book I have in my collection then realised my error. My A5 size green cloth bound book is entitled ‘Olney and the Lace-Makers’ published in 1864 by William Macintosh, London. It doesn’t mention an author but a receipt attached to

Re: [lace] tells

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RE: [lace] Fwd: Life in Olney a Hundred Years Ago - Lace Tells Reference (Long Post)

Hi Devon, Jeri and fellow Arachnids, Thank you Devon and Jeri for your very interesting (long) email on this book and on lace tells. Joepie From: Devon Thein<mailto:devonth...@gmail.com> Sent: 03 November 2017 16:19 To: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com> Subject: [lace]

[lace] tells

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[lace] Fwd: Life in Olney a Hundred Years Ago - Lace Tells Reference (Long Post)

>From Jeri -- From: jeria...@aol.com To: www.l...@arachne.com Sent: 11/3/2017 10:50:14 AM Eastern Standard Time Subject: Life in Olney a Hundred Years Ago - Lace Tells Reference (Long Post) Subject is the sub-title of a book published in 1890 by Seeley and

Re: [lace] Lace tells

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Re: [lace] Lace tells

he weather is confusing. Today was like spring in the morning and summer in the afternoon. A couple of days ago it was cool and windy. -Original Message- From: beth To: J-D Hammett Cc: Maureen ; lace Sent: Thu, Nov 2, 2017 1:46 pm Subject: Re: [lace] Lace tells So sorry my link d

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> In both of Beth’s messages the URL became split over two lines. Maybe reposting it from a different system will keep it intact. http://torch.ox.ac.uk/themes/tellings-reconstructing-repertoire-songs-used-en glish-lace-schools

Re: [lace] Lace tells

Correction: The following article is by David Hopkin and is in The Cowper and Newton Journal. 2) Lacemakers and Old Songs, in Olney and Elsewhere https://tinyurl.com/ybwtsz7a (This article is available on ResearchGate which you can join for free.) The journal is associated with the Cowper and New

Re: [lace] Lace tells

Thank you Beth for that very interesting link to the work by David Hopkin . (Here it is again in short form: https://tinyurl.com/ycpxtoa3) Looking into some of David's research, I came across some related work: 1) David Hopkin is also involved in another project on lace history: By the poor, fo

Re: [lace] Lace tells

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> > I recently saw an email about lace tells and songs and that someone in Oxford was doing some research but I now can't find it, either in the emails or in the archives. Can anyone remember who commented about it? if so could you let me know please? > > Regards > Ma

[lace] Lace tells

Dear All I recently saw an email about lace tells and songs and that someone in Oxford was doing some research but I now can't find it, either in the emails or in the archives. Can anyone remember who commented about it? if so could you let me know please? Regards Maureen In grey York

[lace] Machine lace tells

Dear Jeri I hope I am proved wrong, but I doubt if anyone working in a machine lace factory bothered singing to be heard - too much noise (of machines, not workers). leonard...@yahoo.com  currently attempting the first flower in Mrs Dickson's Bibilla book - finding it rather tricky, and making n

[lace] Lace Tells

If I remember correctly, Lace and Bobbins by T.L.Huetson (1973) also gave a list of these among the long lists of his bobbins. There's one for sale on eBay at the moment. Sheila in a dull and cold Sawbo' www.lace-helpandhistory.info - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containin