Re: [lace] Lace tells & History

2017-11-05 Thread Diana Smith
A little more history behind the boy throwing his pillow down the well at Elstow. This was supposedly Ernie Cooper. The Coopers were quite a large family many of them lace makers. I have a copy of a photograph of a dozen members of Cooper family lined up sitting at their lace pillows. Centre

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2017-11-03 Thread Maureen
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Re: [lace] Lace tells

2017-11-02 Thread Liz Roberts
<lace@arachne.com> Sent: Thu, Nov 2, 2017 1:46 pm Subject: Re: [lace] Lace tells So sorry my link didn't work, but the second one didn't either. Hope this one will do the trick: > > http://torch.ox.ac.uk/themes/tellings-reconstructing-repertoire-songs-used-en glish-lace-schools Vi

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2017-11-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
> 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

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2017-11-02 Thread Veronika Irvine
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

Re: [lace] Lace tells

2017-11-02 Thread Veronika Irvine
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,

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2017-11-02 Thread b...@historichousehunter.com
unter.com<mailto:b...@historichousehunter.com> > Sent: 01 November 2017 14:06 > To: Maureen<mailto:maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk> > Cc: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com> > Subject: Re: [lace] Lace tells > > Maureen, > > I thought this was a fascinating

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2017-11-02 Thread Maureen
Hi Thank you Joepie. It was on Facebook and I eventually found on there. Regards Maureen E York UK > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

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2017-11-02 Thread J-D Hammett
...@historichousehunter.com<mailto:b...@historichousehunter.com> Sent: 01 November 2017 14:06 To: Maureen<mailto:maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk> Cc: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com> Subject: Re: [lace] Lace tells Maureen, I thought this was a fascinating site. Here's the

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2017-11-01 Thread b...@historichousehunter.com
Maureen, I thought this was a fascinating site. Here's the link http://torch.ox.ac.uk/themes/tellings-reconstructing-repertoire-songs-used-en glish-lace-schools Beth Harpell in dreary New Jersey where it's only 36° > On Nov 1, 2017, at 9:07 AM, Maureen wrote: > >