Glass Discussion & Research. No ID requests here please. > British & Irish Glass
Breaking News Nailsea / Bristol hat found in charity shop in Bristol for £1.50
flying free:
Paul, I must have passed them hundreds of times and still think they are magnificent every single time. Mind you we live surrounded by Druid lore and the Tor (again a beautiful view, especially from miles away up on the hills) is within eyesight in a few minutes so I guess it's just what you are used to :)
Having grown up at Pendle, with the Lancashire witches as a very big part of my childhood, and where visiting Demdyke and Nutter's graves was considered a special day out, I feel quite comfortable with the Stones ;D
m
Paul S.:
yes, I'd agree that distance lends beauty to the eye, and quite true that images like the Tor and Henge when viewed as silhouettes on a sky line do have an appeal. I've nothing against Somerset by the way :) - used to go fishing on the 'levels' as a lad.
Re Nailsea - there's a lot of poignancy we tend to overlook in these early manufacturing processes - was just thinking of the child labour of which Vincent speaks........11 and 12 year olds working twelve hour shifts holding shovels at the furnaces to shield the gatherers - with shift work obligatory and Sunday off if you were lucky. But do notice they had pc even in the mid C19 - apparently if you were illiterate you were described as a 'non-reader', so I shall view my hat and 'cello with more reverence.
flying free:
On one of the links I gave there is a long section on Social impact that has quite a lot of information in it regarding this.
m
flying free:
I wasn't sure where to put this but it contains some information on Glasshouses in Bristol in the 17th and 18th century
http://www.kalendar.demon.co.uk/delfbrisredcliff.htm
m
Frank:
and more http://www.kalendar.demon.co.uk/glass.htm
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version