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Lydart
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Great Granny, the Dorset button maker
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This is a sampler made by my mother. She was taught how to make them by her grandmother, Mary Williams (nee Trowbridge) from More Crichel, Dorset, whom I believe was probably a spare time button maker. I know Mary was still alive in 1912; my mother says she was taught how to make them by her grandmother when she was only seven, which would have been in 1914. My mother was severely disabled, but went on to become a court dressmaker, so she started on the sewing young !
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Dorset/Wiltshire: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince ... and more Cornwall/CANADA: Pomeroy Somerset: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancashire/Cheshire: Stubbs, Walmesley "Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk" |
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derby girl
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Dear Lydart
No-one seems to hae posted a reply so I thought I would - I have a couple of leaflets on Dorset Buttons, and have had a go myself using the instructions, but they bear absolutely no resemblance to your mothe'rs which are so beautiful - you must be so proud!
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Derby Girl
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Lydart
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Hello Derby Girl ... and a warm welcome to RootsChat !
Do you have Dorset connections ?
And what are the leaflets you have about Dorset buttons ... can you tell me where you got them, or could you scan or photocopy and let me have a copy if possible please ?
PM me if you can help, and I'll send you my personal email ...
I am very pleased to have the sampler ... my mother was seven when she made it, which would have been 1914 ! Its very grubby though, and I dare not wash it ! I don't know what is inside the domes of the buttons ...
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Dorset/Wiltshire: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince ... and more Cornwall/CANADA: Pomeroy Somerset: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancashire/Cheshire: Stubbs, Walmesley "Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk" |
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Springbok
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If you Google "Dorset Buttons" there are lots of links, including the basic method on how to make them.
Yours do look to be enhanced and very attractive.
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Dorset: Ackerman,Bungey,Bunter Chant,Hyle
Islington:Bedford, Eaton,Wilkins
Beds,Fulham: Brazier
Shoreditch: Burton,Coverdale
Essex ,Clerkenwell:Craswell,Cresswell
St.Lukes Middx:Doughty, Dunkley
Andover/IOW/Fulham:Gasser
Fulham: Neal
Bucks:Putnam,Wingrove
Bullwell.Notts:Wilkinson
Clerkenwell/Islington:Wyllie
Herts/ Tottenham/Walthamstow:Young
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derby girl
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Dear Lydart
Will look out the leaflets - one came from Dorset County Museum, in Dorchester. Yes I do have Dorset links as my husband comes from Dorchester. The other leaflet when I find it is a WI one. Will get back to you when I find them.
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Derby Girl
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Lydart
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Thanks for that Derby Girl ! I look forward to more news ...
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Dorset/Wiltshire: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince ... and more Cornwall/CANADA: Pomeroy Somerset: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancashire/Cheshire: Stubbs, Walmesley "Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk" |
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