RE: [lace] Looking for Frank Newborn

2013-05-28 Thread Maureen
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

Re: [lace] Looking for Frank Newborn

2013-05-28 Thread nestalace . carol
: 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 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com