The skip and the Photo Album

Well here I am again dear Bloggers with another tale to tell.  Not sewing or beady related this time, but the story of an old photo album Nick found in a skip outside The Bell when it was being converted a few years ago.

It was wet and very tatty, but with the most wonderful family photos dating from around 1912.  Quite a well to do family by the look of it, and a beautiful grand House.

I decided I had to try and trace the family and send the photos home.

Fortunately all the photos were labelled, including the house which was called 'Tremough'.

A quick Google showed the house was in Penryn, Cornwall and was now part of the Exeter University Campus. There was also a wedding invitation dated 1891 addressed to

'Col. and Mrs Faulkner-Brown', so I had something to go on.

I passed the information onto a family historian friend Rosie, who loving a new hunt, sprang into action.  The 1911 census revealed the family to be Col. Louis Faulkner-Brown, age 63, his wife, Francis, 58 and daughter Ethel age 26.

The 1891 census showed they lived at Striling Villas, Alexandra Road, Farnborough, Hants, with  daughter Katherine, 7 (born in Rinkee India) and Ethel 6 (born Rinkee India)

Louis was born in 1848, and married Francis Taylor of 36 Wellington Road, Dublin, in on 24th Nov 1881 in Dublin.  Louis address at this time was Manice Hotel, Kingston. Francis father was Thomas Taylor.

Louis Father was William Brown Esq, born 1818,  a mercer from Chester. His mother was Emma Faulkner, born 1820 in Hull.  Emmas parents were Charles Faulkner 1798, a Carrier from Manchester and Ann 1804, born Sunderland.
They had five children.  Louis 1848, Helena 1850, Francis 1851, Ernest 1854 and Harry 1857.

Louis obviously came from a well to do family, he was at Charterhouse from 1859 til 1864, closely followed by his brothers. He persued a successful army career with the Royal Engineers rising through the ranks from Major to Colonel.

The family moved to 'Tremough' in 1906 and remained there until 1924 when they relocated to Falmouth.

Both daughters married.   Katherine, to James A Ford 1870, of Falmouth in 1911.
They had a daughter, Pamela Mary born 19th May 1917.  She married Donald Geoffrey Mead born 9th Mar 1903, from Truro in 1945.  They died within 3 months of each other in 1996.
The 1939 Register show James A Ford,  of Private Means,  living at Pengreep House,
Ponsanooth, Truro Cornwall.
Pamela Mead, 19 is also there, unpaid domestic duties! 

Ethel married Aylmer Francis Quin, born 18.4.1882, in Falmouth in 1923. He died in 1949.
They had a son, Cormac B, born Falmouth in 1926.  He married Vera A Kumovic in Chelsea
in 1951.  Cormac died in 1992.
The 1939 register shows Aylmer at 52 Weathercock Lane, Newport Pagnall, Bucks.

So there you have it.  I must give all credit to Rosie for all this amazing information, also from my enquiries to Exeter University and the Carthusian List for information about Charterhouse School, where I found the information about Louis brothers. If any family eventually see this and discover any errors please do correct me.

I have now shared this story on Facebook in the hope that I can trace relatives of Pamela and Donald Mead from Truro.

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Christmas Shopping

So, here we are, 10 days before Christmas.  Have I done any Christmas shopping, the hell I have.  Have I opened my Folksy shop to get some money for Christmas shopping.  The hell I have.

It took me a good week to get my head back in gear after the madness of the Craft Fairs.  The house looked like a tornado in a junk shop, hospital and audiology appointments...(which was seriously upsetting news)  , demands of oldies....and then...and then...just as I'm getting in gear, I get the most angry sinus infection.  I feel like I have sniffed the entire contents of a swimming pool. Hurts.  So even if I had been offered a lift to the Benham Forkless Buffet on sunday I wouldn't have made it.

Anyway...today, Christmas shopping, after I have hopefully ended the search for a comfy new pair of jeans. Having searched the charity shops high and low, am off to Asda as they  seem to be the only store who makes jeans for my body shape...no bum, no waist. Off I go.  10 am I have 3 pairs of jeans, 12, 14, reg, short, bootcut, straight.  Off to the fitting rooms.

  

Customer notice.  Fitting rooms open at 11am.  What the!  I  point out to an assistant how inconvenient this is, ask politely if I could sneak in and try on my Jeans.  No way.  So resign myself to wander around, then remember I wanted to look at the slow cookers, saw the Asda one online, just the job. 

Off I go, clutching 3 pairs of jeans to the slow cooker department.  

Do they have the slow cooker I want. Not an Asda slow cooker to be had.

Its obviously not my day.  Oh I forgot to mention that on my way to Asda I followed the recycling lorry....very slowly through Stapleton.!!  Which was just as well I suppose because I would have had to carry the damn jeans around for even longer.

Anyway, very pleased to say I found a pair that fit lovely....apart from being too long...didn't have them them in short.  Snother job for the sewing machine.

And...on a plus note I found some of those lovely comfy lazy bras.  Lazy, not lacy.  Pull on, no hooks, and those funny removable padded triangles.

Don't quite head them in the right direction but at at my age that's the least of my worries!

So next port of call is to the MIL, Joan.  Haven't seen her for weeks, however not for want of trying.   Hooray, she is in...with the most eye catching new hall and stair carpet.  It certainly woke me up.  Black, red and cream stripes. The old carpet was red so she wanted to stick to a familiar colour.  Bless.  Wont show the dirt anyway.

Next stop Aldi.  Pleased to say I made inroads with the shopping list.....hope I dont drink it all before the 25th!!

 

Hello Again

Wow, I just remembered this blog....cant believe its 2012 since I last posted.  Haha, that sounds like a confession!  

So much has changed since then, mostly for the better, but being a deaf old cow, and other hearing related complications...... has had a massive impact on my  life.

  

I am still crafting, and up til now have continued with the Craft Fairs, but my hearing problems and the stress it causes has made me decide to give up the fairs and go for online selling.  Humph, going to have to completely rethink my work ethic for that.  Up til now networking has been a necessary evil, but it will have to become my daily routine.  I think I can live with that though.  Snuggled up on the sofa with Kitty, drinking tea by the fire.  Yes, I think I can manage that!

So, it will re-opening my Folksy Shop and opening the Etsy one which I got set up, but that was as far as I got!

I am planning to gradually wind down the Jewellery side of Woobeadhoo, apart from some chunky, leather and copper creations that are floating round in my head. There is so much jewellery out there now, I have become a tad jaded with it all.

 I am instead going to go back to my first love, and shall concentrate on the textiles and leather that is gradually  taking over my spare room! 

 I have also been playing with recycled copper wire recently.  Oxidizing , beating and hammering, and hoping to have a go at soldering.  I have flux and a blowtorch all ready!

Chunky semi-precious stones and leather, mixed with recycled copper wire look great together, so this will be the theme of my new collections.

So, there you have it.  I have two more fairs to go, then it be Network, Network Network!!!     Will keep you posted ....promise.   xxx

Hello again

It has been a very long time since I visited my blog, let alone posted. Life and the universe took over. So much has happened.
The mad Christmas Fair goings on, selling and moving home and now trying to unpack my last 30 years into my new home. I need some serious life laundry!

But spring in springing and the Craft Fair season is starting again. Am getting loads of bookings throughout the year , will add them to my event list when confirmed.

Hopefully I will be able to upload some more pictures soon, new designs and colours for the spring season.

All for now, but keep watching.

Paula

New Designs.

Hello everyone. I hope you are getting into the mood for Christmas. Have you started shopping yet?

I have just quickly uploaded some pics of my latest designs, will label and price them later when I get time. If you see anything you like please email me.

Bye for now,

Paula.

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