Mr Ireland
Gilian Membury writes:
I visited Frank Herring & Sons today. They never turn bobbins in the shop but do still have some lace supplies: a few basic packs of bobbins, 1 lace pillow, 1 starter kit, and a variety of thread.
Their bobbins were supplied by Mr Ireland - they called him John, although his name on the list is R.V. Ireland. Made of quite a lightweight wood, my pair are the spangled ones; there are still 2 for sale in Herrings, in Dorchester. As you can see, these are pyrographed with place names of interest around the town here.
I will find out more from their daughter, she has said that they also supplied packs of bobbins to John Lewis stores.
I visited Frank Herring & Sons today. They never turn bobbins in the shop but do still have some lace supplies: a few basic packs of bobbins, 1 lace pillow, 1 starter kit, and a variety of thread.
Their bobbins were supplied by Mr Ireland - they called him John, although his name on the list is R.V. Ireland. Made of quite a lightweight wood, my pair are the spangled ones; there are still 2 for sale in Herrings, in Dorchester. As you can see, these are pyrographed with place names of interest around the town here.
I will find out more from their daughter, she has said that they also supplied packs of bobbins to John Lewis stores.