Last weekend, I attended the North Carolina Regional Lacers' Spring Lace Day.
As always, it was great fun!..there was an area for lacemakers to sell
lacemaking supplies they no longer use. A friend was there, selling the last
of the things from Betty Ann Rice. I glanced into a box of old
What fun!!
Try Brighton, Sussex England
Sue
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From: Clay Blackwell
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:09 PM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Exciting find!
Last
Clay wrote:
Any ideas where these places are? The bobbin has British 8th Navy written
on it with the name of someone who died in 1981.
It seems to me that with the names - Kings Road, The aquarium, Palace Pier
and The Beach that the pictures would be of Brighton, Sussex.
Malvary in Ottawa
Yes indeed Clay -- exciting!
Brighton is the first place I think of given
those names/places.
1981 or 1881? If 1981 then it sounds unusual, both to
have a commemorative bobbin for someone's death but also for the subject
matter of the pictures--see the discussion at
Hello Nancy, Clay and everyone
The date if 1981 could relate to a veteran of British 8th Navy per the
writing on the bobbin?
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com wrote:
1981 or 1881? If 1981 then it sounds unusual, both to
have a commemorative bobbin for someone's
Hi Bev, Clay et al:
The date if 1981 could relate to a veteran of British 8th Navy per the
writing on the bobbin?
I've been looking online, trying to find any reference to the British 8th Navy
**at all** and cannot. I have found an 8th Battle Squadron of the British
Navy, which was
There is only ONE British Navy. I have no idea what 8th British Navy might
refer to.
Jill
in Newport Pagnell, Bucks
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From: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com
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To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
Cc: Clay Blackwell
Hello Jill and everyone
Lace Bobbin shorthand...British 8th, Navy - could have been squadron,
battleship, cruiser or whatever, as opposed to British 8th Army or other
department of the militia.
Could be a WW I vet as their numbers didn't dwindle until the early 2000's.
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at
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Hello Again! Congratulations Clay--what a coup! Hope you will bring it to
show tell at LASB. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA
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Could the 8th be referring to Edward the VIII? grasping. The name on the
bobbin may lead you to more info too.
There are a number of 8th squadrons in the navy.
*shrug* good luck on the mystery.
Robin
--
Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the
cynics wrong.
I get the digest form of lace chat, so am too late to wish you good luck
with the surgery Carol, --- but now I can wish you a speedy recovery. I hope
all is well, and that you are free from pain, and getting ready to skip
around like a spring lamb!!
I know a few people who have had hip
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