Re: [lace] London lace book shops

[The Lacebee]

These days, Foyles in Charring Cross Road would be my first thought however
even in the heydays of lace books they tended to only stock batsford.  With
the move to independent published and foreign published books I fear the
choice is limited.  I fear that the chances of finding any even in the second
hand book stores would be limited as well.

However, If you used spangled bobbins, i would use the opportunity to visit
the Covent garden bead shop- now called bead works and go downstairs to their
wholesale and precious stone department.  It is near Seven Dials which is a
lovely area (and site of an Agatha Christie novel).

http://www.beadworks.co.uk/

And creative bead craft which is not too far away near Carnaby Street.  It is
London's oldest brad and trimming shop.  It is also near Broadwick street and
Berwick Street which used to,have fabric shops on them and a market.  If
anyone has been there more recently they might be able to confirm if the
fabric shops are still there.  Soho is near by and worth a visit is the
Algerian Coffee store in Old Compton Street if you like tea or coffee.  There
are also some wonderful Italian delis and liquor stores in the same road.

http://www.creativebeadcraft.co.uk/the-london-shop.asp



Kind Regards

Liz Baker

On 9 Aug 2013, at 18:30, Elizabeth Kurella  wrote:

> I will have a day in London and was wondering if there are any book shops in
London that would have a good selection of lace books.
>
> Elizabeth Kurella

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RE: [lace] London

[Annette Meldrum]

Hi Janice,
Not sure about the lace gallery but the new Renaissance galleries sound
fabulous and should be worth a look?

Annette Meldrum enjoying a cooler day after a heat wave in Wollongong
Australia


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Hi,
I am going to be in London, Feb 6 and 7 with DH, and wonder if there is
anything lacey I should look into.  I could not see on the V&A website if
the Lace Gallery is still available.  I think our hotel is within walking
distance of the V&A and I have some time on the Monday morning when I can
get there without DH.

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Re: [lace] London - Fan Museum Gift Shop

[Jeriames]

Dear Lacemakers,

Anyone planning a visit should know there is a small gift shop in the Fan 
Museum.  I was able to purchase fan books, and also lovely Swiss hankies 
embroidered with fans.  Back home, I gave these to a lacemaking friend and 
received 
one back with added lace edging.

(I suppose you all know that I do not make lace - I collect it!)

Anyway, this might be a very lovely gift to bring back to a friend, if still 
sold in the shop.

Also, I seem to remember there is one day a week when seniors do not have to 
pay admission.  You'd have to check museum website for details.

There is an antique/collectibles jumble of a shop diagonally across from the 
museum, where I found some charming small baby clothes.  You have to be 
willing to sort through a lot of junk in a crowded space.  On the other corner, 
there is a pub, if you need to restore your strength.

For your husband, and a trip on the river or by train, there is Hampton Court 
Palace. You can spend an entire day there - see the tennis court Henry 8th 
used, gardens, a maze, lovely palace rooms.  A nice-weather day is preferred. 
Maybe I am biased, but I think there is more to see at Hampton Court than at 
Windsor. I suggest you compare the web sites of both palaces. At the very back 
of 
Hampton Court is the entrance to the Royal School of Needlework, which has a 
small shop of expensive merchandize in one of the "grace and favor" 
spaces/apartments.  You may have to ask guards for help to gain entrance.  It 
is quite 
near the outer wall of the tennis court.   

Regards, 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace & Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] London

[Jean Leader]

At 8:37 am -0400 8/8/06, Vibeke wrote:

When you are in the Greenwich area do also try to see Ranger's House
in Blackheath, with the Suffolk Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean
paintings with lots of lace.


This collection of paintings has been moved and is now in Kenwood 
House, Hampstead, London.




you'll find information about how to get there and what's there 
including The Suffolk Collection - "magnificent portraits of 
Elizabethan and Stuart men and women by William Larkin, Van Dyck and 
Lely, given by the Hon. Mrs Greville Howard in 1974."


You can see one of them (Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset) if you go to



They are definitely worth seeing.

Jean

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Re: [lace] London

[Jeriames]

In a message dated 8/6/06 3:11:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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> As my husband and I are planning a 
> 4-day tourist trip in October to London, I googled Arachne's last year 
> archive for lacy things in London. Knowing him I won't be able to make a 
> detour to for example Honiton. From what I found on the list only the 
> Victoria and Albert museum remains. Anyone with details/other sugestions? 
> The excact date is not fixed yet.
> 
> Jo Falkink 
> 

Dear Jo (and any others visiting London),

You might check all the museum listings (in newspaper) for costume 
exhibitions.  There may be some that will have lace, such as at Kensington 
Palace.  

Be sure to look at the costume exhibits at the Victoria and Albert.  The 
famous newly refurbished British Galleries have portraits with lace.  
Especially 
interesting to a lace student is the portrait of Margaret Laton, about 1620, 
shown with her actual embroidered jacket.  What is particularly interesting is 
the fact that the gold lace on the garment is not the same gold lace as is on 
the portrait (at least, it was not when I looked at it).  There is lots of 
white lace on the portrait, also.  Another interesting costume with lace is the 
wedding suit, 1673, made for James, Duke of York (later James II and VII) for 
his wedding to Mary of Modena - shown on a mannequin.  Many costumes have gold 
lace, which cannot be seen in the dim museum lighting.

I suggest you carry a small pocket flashlight (called a torch in England) in 
your pocket or purse.  The one I use is not much bigger in circumferance than 
a lipstick case, and it is about twice the length  You can very discretely 
take it out to look at costume details.  Do not flash it about and draw 
attention 
to yourself.  Conceal most of it in your palm.  Put it away when not needed.  
If a guard asks you about it and you quietly/politely/sweetly explain that 
you are a lace student/scholar, chances are you will be allowed to continue to 
view lace details that cannot be seen without it.  Just don't overdo.  Wearing 
a small visible bit of lace on your person may help.  I wear a lace flower or 
jabot - something to point at if speaking with a museum guard.

In major cities, there are always portraits to study in various museums.  
That is not a bad idea, because artists usually mastered the art of rendering 
lace very well - it displayed the wealth of the sitter.

If I remember correctly, there is a morning paper in London that lists events 
and exhibits on the back page.   It's a good idea to check that.  The 
concierge at your hotel should be able to assist you.  He/she will probably 
have a 
copy so that guests can be helped to plan their day.

Dates you'll be in London???  The Lace Guild's July bulletin "Lace" lists in 
the "Out and About" section the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra 
Palace October 12-15.  If that is when you'll be in London, perhaps someone in 
England will give more details or arrange to attend with you.  If this is when 
you'll be "in town", so let our London area lacemakers know!.

In the same "Lace" bulletin is an ad for the Knitting and Stitching Show, 
which says "The definitive events for anyone with a love of stitch.  Supplies, 
workshops and cutting edge textile art."  The web site given is:  
www.twistedthread.com

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] London Bombings & Personal Emergency List

[Maureen Harvey]

Thanks to all who have put online sympathy messages about the London
bombing, my niece works in the city and travels to work on the underground
every day to Liverpool St. station we had a worrying time whilst trying to
contact her because all the mobile lines went down because so may people
were trying to get in contact with friends and relatives. Luckily she went
in early yesterday and was safe and well, maybe Dora Smith would not be so
flippant if she had relatives working in the city.

Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
with many thanks to our wonderful services who were so quick in responding
to the call.
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> Dora Smith lives in Austin, Texas.
> I have to say that I also found her remarks rather flippant.  London may
> be big, but the Underground is the way people and visitors get around
> there.  As has been said by others, you only had to be in the wrong place
> at the wrong time.   It could have been any of us had we been there on
> vacation or business
>
> Avital,  I'm glad your sister is OK. To all other Arachneans in the UK, my
> thoughts are with you all.  may they get the creeps who did this.
>
> Elizabeth in Cape Town where the sun is shining today.
>
>
>
> Can anybody tell me where Dora Smith lives?
> Her remarks are very strange and to me offensive.
>  I am very sorry for all the victims of the bombing, having experienced
> something
> like it many years ago.
>
> Dora Northern
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Re: [lace] London Bombings & Personal Emergency List

[Elizabeth . Pienaar]

Dora Smith lives in Austin, Texas.
I have to say that I also found her remarks rather flippant.  London may 
be big, but the Underground is the way people and visitors get around 
there.  As has been said by others, you only had to be in the wrong place 
at the wrong time.   It could have been any of us had we been there on 
vacation or business

Avital,  I'm glad your sister is OK. To all other Arachneans in the UK, my 
thoughts are with you all.  may they get the creeps who did this.

Elizabeth in Cape Town where the sun is shining today.



Can anybody tell me where Dora Smith lives?
Her remarks are very strange and to me offensive.
 I am very sorry for all the victims of the bombing, having experienced
something
like it many years ago.

Dora Northern

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Re: [lace] London Bombings & Personal Emergency List

[Schuette.Fifty]

Can anybody tell me where Dora Smith lives?
Her remarks are very strange and to me offensive.
 I am very sorry for all the victims of the bombing, having experienced
something
like it many years ago.

Dora Northern

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Re: [lace] London Bombings & Personal Emergency List

[Anne Toney]

Okay, Dora, it's now raining here in Austin--finally!  Hope you've got your
rain gear.  LOL

Anne in  Austin TX

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> I wouldn't be TOO worried!   London is a huge city!   One of the largest
in
> the planet!   Extends for maybe 30 miles across.
>
> On that living will, I'd make sure some actual living people have it.
>
> Honestly, I read this expecting to see people carrying a personal
emergency
> kit in case of terrorism!   I'm thinking, my knapsack is jsut about large
> enough for bicycle tools and rain gear   LOL!
>
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
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Re: [lace] London Bombings & Personal Emergency List

[Dora Smith]

I wouldn't be TOO worried!   London is a huge city!   One of the largest in
the planet!   Extends for maybe 30 miles across.

On that living will, I'd make sure some actual living people have it.

Honestly, I read this expecting to see people carrying a personal emergency
kit in case of terrorism!   I'm thinking, my knapsack is jsut about large
enough for bicycle tools and rain gear   LOL!

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
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Re: [lace] London Bombings

[Ilske Thomsen]

From Hamburg I too add my thoughts and prayers
Ilske

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Re: [lace] London bombing

[robinlace]

What a horror.  My heart goes out to any and all that are affected by 
this tragedy, whether you have a friend or loved one hurt or (like 
Avital) have a friend or loved one at risk that you need to hear from.

Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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Re: [lace] London Bombingsl Emergency contacts

[Simon Maynard]

Dear Lace friends (and if you could pass this on to others worried about 
loved ones that would be great).
I'm on Livejournal, and they have set up a community (LJ's equivalent of 
mailing lists) for info on what's happening in London. The memories section 
has links to both UK and overseas important information contacts, at this 
URL

http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=london_070705&keyword=Hotline+numbers&filter=all
Hope it helps someone
Simon 


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Re: [lace] London Bombings & Personal Emergency List

[Jeriames]

In a message dated 7/7/05 10:02:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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> I'm sitting here at work, wondering whether anything's happened to my 
> sister. She lives in the Lewisham area and commutes by tube every day to her 
> job 
> at the Bureau of Statistics in Westminster. I don't have her work number or 
> e-mail address with me because I never dreamed I'd need them. 

Dear Avital,

It is a shocking development, and you must be very anxious.  I sincerely hope 
all your news fron London will be good.

Jeri
--
Spiders,

I am single and have no living relatives, so I made a list of all contacts 
that might be useful to my executor and designated power-of-attorney in 
emergency.  He has a copy, a copy is kept near my home phone, another with Will 
and 
other legal papers, and I carry a copy with me in my wallet.  It fits on an 8 
1/2" x 11" piece of paper that can be folded small.  A copy goes with my 
passport, when I'm away from home.  

I keep this permanently on my word processor, and update it as needed.  And, 
since this may be a useful idea for others on Arachne.  Here is what I put on 
it:

Title: Contacts for Jeri AmesDate

Executor/Power-of-Attorney   Name, address, e-mailPhone
Contingent Executor"  " "
Lawyer with Will, etc.Etc. down the list  
Physician 
Best Friend in Maine
Best Friend in (other location)
Lace Friend in(for lace collection decisions & help) 
Person with Keys & Alarm Code
Alarm Company
Police
Accountant
Bank
Insurance Agent
Carpenter (for repairs)
Electrician
Plumber
Driveway Repairs
Snow Plowing
Mowing/Landscaping
Heating Oil & Furnace Maint.
Passport #

In other words, if incapacitated, all contact information needed to take care 
of everything in my absence.

I won't say you "must" do this, but I do think that even if you have a spouse 
or children it might be nice to have such a list in an emergency when people 
who care about you may not be thinking clearly.  It acts as a check-list, and 
is organized differently than your alphabetical address book.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA

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Re: [lace] London Bombings

[spindexr]

I'm sitting here at work, wondering whether anything's happened to my sister. 
She lives in the Lewisham area and commutes by tube every day to her job at the 
Bureau of Statistics in Westminster. I don't have her work number or e-mail 
address with me because I never dreamed I'd need them. DH is on his way home 
and will try to call her in an hour.

Avital
in Israel 

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Re: [lace] London Bombings

[Sue Clemenger]

And mine, as well, from the NW USA.  God be with us all in these sad and 
frightening times.

--Sue from Montana

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From South Africa I add my thoughts and prayers to those of Anne.


Elizabeth D Pienaar
Senior Scientist
South African Cochrane Centre
PO Box 19070
Tygerberg 7505
SOUTH AFRICA

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Re: [lace] London Bombings

[Elizabeth . Pienaar]

>From South Africa I add my thoughts and prayers to those of Anne.

Elizabeth D Pienaar
Senior Scientist
South African Cochrane Centre
PO Box 19070
Tygerberg 7505
SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 (0)21 938-0835
Fax: +27 (0)21 938-0836



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My thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this time.  Please let 
us
hear from you when you can.

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Re: [lace] London Visit

[Ms Berard]

Thanks for the info.

I'll be going to London later this year so I'm collecting any info that
I can.

If anyone has any tips for a first time traveller to London I'd love to
hear them, (especially about cheap places to eat).

Feel free to email me off list if you like.

Thank you.

Onaree

Jean Barrett wrote:
> 
> Good morning All,
> I have just come back from a quick weekend visit to London and would
> like to comment quickly on this before posing a question. I did some of
> the touristy things on Saturday and Sunday, the London Eye, (
> brilliant) The Buckingham Palace tour (fabulous) then on Monday before
> the train home, some serious shopping. Liberty's is being refurbished
> and it's amazing fabric department is a shadow of it's former self. I
> walked round in 2 minutes and was so shocked and disappointed I walked
> out again. Keep the memories. I hope it might recover again but who
> knows.
> If anyone is going to London in the next month or so then a visit to
> the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace and the Queens gallery is well
> worth while though. Along with the chance to see the paintings and
> decorations which are usually in place, there is a special show of
> paintings connected with the coronation, 50 years ago this year) and
> including the Queens coronation dress and robe. Beautiful. I also noted
> a large painting of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes. It is by
> George Hayter and the dress itself intrigued me. Was it lace? or could
> it be embroidered fabric? like Ayeshire work perhaps. I have been
> trying to find out about it since with no luck. Has anyone any
> information about this dress at all? I couldn't find a picture of it to
> buy either, although there is a small copy in the guide book. They did
> have a rather nice card reproducing a painting of Queen Alexandra when
> she was princess of Wales, wearing a large Honiton(? )collar.
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