Thank you for this and the other comments, sorry I havenât been ignoring this bit its sort of given us the bug to go hunt out things again. I am currently collecting information together so that some time soon we can go down that way again hunting. Looks like an interesting day for day one, but we will need to keep going for various updates. Initially looking for family before we check out the lace link. I am moving this to lace chat, as its not quite lace. But thank you. Sue T Dorset in the county alongside Devon
According to the Devon Lace Teachers website there was a lace called Colyton Chromatic, a colored lace. There is a photo of Colyton Chromatic on their website: http://www.devonlaceteachers.co.uk/devon-laces.html Wouldn't it be interesting if your ancestors made this unusual lace. According to the website, a piece was entered for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and there is an example of Colyton Chromatic at the Victoria and Albert. Devon They lived in a village called Colyton Raleigh (I am not sure how it is spelt now). We hoped we might find out details of the sort of lace she might have made but of course we never found any information about that. It was a lovely connection and yes we enjoyed the countryside around there. To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
