[lace] Possibly I have let you down. Marian Powys-Lace Bio.

[brido11]

I recall pompously getting on my hobby horse and telling you that I was not
going to accept the invitation to write a lace biography of Marian Powys
(Lace and Lace Making) for the Powys Society Journal.

 

The truth is that I really meant it as I hate academic writing probably
because I did my Masters by Research and had to write a 90,000-word thesis
(Nursing Ethics)  That would put anyone off the academic genre of writing!

 

However, the editor wrote me a very clever letter commiserating with me but
wrote a wonderful paragraph talking about the important information I was
depriving the Lace Community of [that is a split infinitive. sorry,] and the
Powys Society as a whole.  Well, I think that was a great exaggeration and
flattering too.  so I gave in! frown

 

All my hifalutin principles went into the bin!

 

I agreed and currently, it is being edited, I hope for the next issue of the
Powys Journal (Sometime in your summer I believe).

 

It was fascinating to research and indeed she has a lace biography that
equals the literary prowess of her brothers.  It is fascinating and I hope
that I will have shown the Powysians that she was not "just a lacemaker"
(and writer).

 

The above shows what an unprincipled guy I am (Masters in Ethics or not!)

 

When it is published I plan to write a non-academic version for web docs and
allow myself some personal comments and thoughts about her that will not
need to be referenced!

 

I need to say that whilst I have been cooperating with the editing of the
article I have not had a formal acceptance of it!! So it is still fingers
crossed.

 

I also will be publicly acknowledging the help I have received by at least
half a dozen lacemakers in the UK and the USA.  They are great detectives
and more importantly all lace makers, not like me, "just a woodturner"!
(Oh, and a clavichord maker. my latest project. [sorry editor.. off topic])

 

So beware of my "big mouth"!

 

Brian


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RE: [lace] Bedford Hangings

[brido11]

Dear All,

I never really wrote much about hanging bobbins as it was so well covered by a 
web page that we had many years ago (I am afraid my memory can not recall it).  
It was a fabulous site, but I do not think it was ever archived (great shame.)

The other reason was that my great bobbin friend knew far more about them than  
I did!! I did contribute something on hanging on that site.

Below is the entry in the Dictionary (www.brianlemin.com  )

hanging bobbin
A bobbin that bears an inscription commemorating the hanging of a criminal. 
There were seven hangings recorded by inscriptions on bobbins. Matthias and 
William Lilley 1829. Sarah Dazeley 1843, Joseph Castle 1860, Franz Muller 1864, 
William Worsley 1868. William Bull 1871, Miles Wetherall 1868. These do not 
come up for sale often and are thus rather expensive though they are not as 
well turned as many other bobbins.

We had no room to tell you more.

I had my birthday yesterday and despite everyone saying how well I looked, it 
did not improve my memory!! It is a bit of a worry.

Brian



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Cc: Annette Meldrum ; Elizabeth Ligeti 
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Subject: Re: [lace] Bedford Hangings

I think this is the link you’re wondering about : 
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg54056.html

The message thread is in the archives. Search “Mrs. Dazley hanging bobbins”. 
It’s from January this year. Started with Brian’s messages about the existence 
of bobbins commemorating hangings and their rarity. Certainly a curiosity. 

Jean Reardon, western PA

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Re: [lace] Bedford Hangings

[J Reardon]

I think this is the link you’re wondering about : 
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg54056.html

The message thread is in the archives. Search “Mrs. Dazley hanging bobbins”. 
It’s from 
January this year. Started with Brian’s messages about the existence of bobbins 
commemorating hangings and their rarity. Certainly a curiosity. 

Jean Reardon, western PA

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Re: [lace] Bedford Hangings

[Catherine]

I don't recall having received it either!  Yes please, send again or maybe you 
could forward it Liz?   Look forward to reading it!

Many thanks

Catherine 



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> On 4 Feb 2020, at 21:39, Annette Meldrum  wrote:
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> Did not receive the email re Bedford Hangings. Could it be reposted?
> Thanks 
> Annette in South Cost, NSW, Australia
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> Ligeti
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> 
> Thank you for this very interesting article. I went to school next door to
> the Bedford Jail! I remember that they had  a magnificent wisteria climbing
> over the inside wall, - which was beautiful when in full bloom, =- but was
> only seen by b
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RE: [lace] Bedford Hangings

[Annette Meldrum]

Did not receive the email re Bedford Hangings. Could it be reposted?
Thanks 
Annette in South Cost, NSW, Australia

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Ligeti
Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2020 1:15 PM
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Subject: [lace] Bedford Hangings

Thank you for this very interesting article. I went to school next door to
the Bedford Jail! I remember that they had  a magnificent wisteria climbing
over the inside wall, - which was beautiful when in full bloom, =- but was
only seen by b

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[lace] Missing mail

[lynrbailey]

Over the past several weeks I have been getting responses to posts without the 
original posts being available.  I search for them, and nothing appears.  I 
know these are technical difficulties, hard to fix, but if you are responding 
to an email which gives an outside website, would you please include it in your 
response?  Thanks.

Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, currently in the Phoenix, Arizona area 
as a snowbird, where it has been uniformly sunny for almost weeks, but where 
the temperature right now, 41F 4.5C is 10 degrees lower than at home, 51F 9.5C. 
 


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[lace] Arizona Free Library

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi Arachnids

I did have an old address for the Arizona Free Library. The current one is
http://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weavedocs.html If you have never been
there you should try it.

Blow the dust, let,s make lace.

Alex

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