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Lace Specimens
Slinn, Gillian A
3 June 1964
Specimens of Nottingham lace. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1391 and LAVC/PHO/P1392.
Lace Specimens
Slinn, Gillian A
3 June 1964
Cotton socks finished with Nottingham lace. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1390 and LAVC/PHO/P1392.
Lace Making: Photocards
[1962-1984]
A curated collection of mounted photographs relating to ‘Lace Making’. This photo file is one of 57 thematically categorised photo files that were likely created as part of the Institute's (IDFLS)...
Lace: An Enquiry into the Art of Making Lace Either by Hand or Machine with Particular Reference to the Vocabulary and Folklore of both Industries
Slinn, Gillian A
1964
A dissertation on lacemaking, with particular reference to the industry in Nottingham. The first chapter presents a general history of lacemaking, whilst the second focusses on pillow lace, with secti...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Turvey, Bedfordshire
Jan 1958
[Side 1] Tom briefly mentions starting work aged 11, talks about decline of local lace making tradition, reflects on working conditions and wages in past, compares cost of living now in past, recalls ...
Textiles
1960-1981
This file contains items on textile industries, including a photocopy of Arthur J. Saundry's article on the tucking mill, from an issue of 'Old Cornwall' (1960); a typed letter and notes, from Fred Br...
Bobbin Gauge
Slinn, Gillian A
25 June 1964
Lacemaker's bobbin gauge from Nottinghamshire. Mounted on Photo File card.
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1960-1961
Oscar Croot and Mrs. Oscar Croot, recorded in Riseley in 1960; Mr. Croot describes making leaded windows - transporting and fitting, geographical area covered, costs and estimates of work; describes t...