A chair bodger was someone (at least around the 17th C) who went from village to village making chairs and other furniture from local wood recently cut down. Unfortunately because the wood hadn't been allowed to season, when the wood dried out the chair legs used to fall out of their sockets. Hence the term a bodged job. Or a makeshift job is termed a bodge up.
See, I did remember something from my visit to the recreated 17th century village which is just a few miles from my home. It 'is' slightly lace related as they have lace demonstrators there on their open days, and a page on their website dedicated to lace making. http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/village.htm Jane Bawn Portchester UK > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > W & N Lafferty > Sent: 09 January 2005 07:55 > To: Lace > Subject: [lace] Chair Bodgers > > > While browsing through Pamela Nottinghams" Technique of > Torchon Lace" I came across this fascinating phrase: > > "Of little interest to the collector are the small wooden bobbins > turned on pole lathes by the chair > bodgers in the Chiltern Hills." > > Brian, or anyone else who knows, what's a chair bodger? > > Noelene in Cooma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
