Re: [lace] English laces and locations

2006-03-29 Thread Jenny Barron
Hi Lorri, I googled and came up with these sites http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Tolland/index.html http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm jenny barron Scotland Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To a Gentle Spider in the UK I have recently found that my father's

RE: [lace] English laces and locations

2006-03-29 Thread Andrea Lamble
Dear Lorri, Tolland is not far from Taunton, the county town of Somerset. Somerset is a county in the SW of England; the next county one way (to the W) is Devon (where Honiton lace comes from) and the other way, Wiltshire (where Downtown lace was made). Somerset itself does not have a

Re: [lace] English laces and locations

2006-03-29 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Jenny, Sue, Andrea, Sheila Thank you so very much for the info. I can hardly wait until I have time to check out the web sites you gave. But I must run off to work just now. I knew I would get some answers on this list. Thanks again Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] English laces and locations

2006-03-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 29 Mar 2006, at 09:25, Jenny Barron wrote: Hi Lorri, I googled and came up with these sites http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Tolland/index.html Tolland is in Somerset, about 20 miles north of Honiton (Devon). http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm The info on that site seems