17 January 2019
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Australian Society of the Lacemakers of Calais
The ASLC was formed in 1982 when a small group of people came to the realisation that they shared a common interest in a special group of English machine lacemakers. The Lacemakers in whom they shared an interest were principally those originally from Nottingham and who were involved in two mass migrations in the space of little more than a decade.The Lacemakers' first migration was to escape the poverty, unemployment, misery, disease and discomfort of overcrowded industrial Nottingham. Their migration was to the shores of France - especially to Calais - where their skills as lace artisans were initially treasured and where their employment and well-being seemed assured. During the 1848 Revolution in France, the political and social upheaval left most of them jobless again. Their future in France seemed uncertain. Most decided that making a fresh life in a new land was preferable to returning to England where it was likely they would remain destitute and a burden on their Parishes. Their second migration was to various parts of Australia. The Lacemaker emigrants of particular interest to members of ASLC sailed to Australian ports in one of three sailing vessels, viz. the 'Fairlie' (destination Sydney), the 'Harpley' (destination Adelaide) and the 'Agincourt' (destination also Sydney). These three vessels carried the bulk of the Lacemaker emigrants. Other Lacemaker emigrants came in smaller groups on other vessels including the Canton, Castle Eden, Emperor, General Hewitt, Bermondsy, Walmer Castle, Charlotte Jane, Steadfast, Andromachie, Baboo, Harbinger, Navarino and Nelson. Descendants of these lacemakers are also valued members of ASLC.
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Olney, Buckinghamshire.
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Cowper and Newton Museum - Lacemaking
Olney, Buckinghamshire.
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De la Dentelle & Des Hommes / The Lace-makers of Calais (French and English Edition)
A book by Delphine Loez for sale on Amazon.
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Letters by Candlelight: An Original Victorian Diary
A book for sale by by C.L. Bennett. This is an original handwritten diary beginning in the year 1861, when Queen Victoria was on the throne in England and Charles Dickens was at the height of his fame. It was found by chance in a dusty attic in Cambridge, England and is full of fascinating historic detail. The writer was a young gentleman called William Holmes-Carter. He was from a rich family of Nottingham Lace Manufacturers but he himself lived in lodgings in Clifton, Bristol, where he worked as a managing clerk in a solicitors. He later moved to another solicitor's practice in Pembrokeshire and then when his brother passed away he decided to take over his brother's business in Sheffield. The diary is a personal account of everything that happens to him over a four year period and his thoughts and feelings.
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For over 100 years Nottingham was the lace making capital of the world.
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A book by Gillian Kelly for sale on Amazon.
