꒽꒽ lost and found

sometimes my job brings good things:

like a man who rings up and asks

if we want to buy boxes and boxes

of old medicine bottles:

dusty and dirty:

some still holding their potions

and poisons:

and a small dusty case:

with letters and papers

and boxes of vials

and ampoules with

strange chemical names

but elegant forms:

stamped envelopes

dated 9 Nov 1944

a birth!

sweet paper card, hand coloured:

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from Lara and Ernest:

and a letter 

on wafer thin paper

'my darling, we were so pleased to have that news.

I had gone to post a letter to you so it wouldn't

miss the post & was I pleased, I cried.

I was so relieved to know it was over and all

was well so far, now take care & don't take

cold if you can avoid it for it's bitterly cold

very nice but so cold.

I am so glad it's a little girl be sure & tell me all about 

it when you are able, how much she weighs & is she

fair. I shall want to know it all, whether it was too bad

or was it decent.  Mrs M said last night you felt sure it 

would be Friday but somehow I didn't, as long as

all it well that's the main point.

I am so glad you are in good hands. I wonder what 

that baby at home will say & do when you go home.

I don't know whether Dick will have let Lillie know

but I have written her for fear she will like to know.

Well my darling we are very excited. Mrs Steer had

just asked me as I came in & she said I hope it 

will be here before the week-end & so it was already

here bless it.

Pop joins me in sending our love & wishes for a

very speedy recovery. Give Olive Lyra a kiss fo her

Grandpa and Nanna also a big hug & kiss for our

darling Susan, lots of love and God bless

from Mother & Dad xxxx

x Pods

        x Pods sister

two copies of Nottingham Evening Post

Monday November 13th 1944

and there among the births 

MOODY.- On November 8th, at Women's

Hospital to Dora {Margaret}{nee Clewlow}

and Dick, a sister for Susan

the Beeston Parish magazine

Baptisms

Feb 11 ~ Olive Myra Moody

she was taken home to 

58 Abbey Road, Beeston, Notts:

the mementoes kept but never passed on:

I wonder where she is today?

⌠⌡ more than fabric and sequins

this week we were privileged to view

London College of Fashion ~

MA_12 graduate shows:

beautifully curated and created spaces

in the basement of Victoria House, Bloomsbury:

here are my highlights ....

narrative:

interactive:

The Last Planet ~ Venus

by 

Alejandro Cavello:

the idea of another world inspired

by Gustav Holst's, Planet Suite:

tactile:

Dawa ~

by Volker Koch:

 hand-stitched from vegetable-tanned leather:

Likoma ~

named after places on the 

Sumbawanga Trail, Tanzania

these gorgeous pieces are made 

to fit to the body's contours when worn:

inspired by simple forms of grinding stones

and primitive tools:

the repetitive image

not quite as it seems at first sight:

eighty one models:

same pose precision:

by Emitis Soltani-Abbassioun:

best in show for me were 

the fantastic life sized 3d images 

Obesity & Fashion

by Roberto Aguilar:

donning our red+blue glasses

these ladies came to life!

you could almost touch that Chanel bag:

real women, real curves:

love love love them:

the whole show presented the challenges

faced within fashion:

using a wide range of technologies to 

communicate creative ideas and concepts

these students displayed their pioneering

and hand crafting skills to the max:

⫯⫰ by hook

yesterday we visited

Tony's gallery

to see an extraordinary space

created by Olek

totally covered in crochet:

dressing table

alarm clock

rocking horse

walls and floor:

texts and emails hooked in wool:

trebles in camo:

words realised in pattern:

six months in the making:

yarn bombing extreme:

{swoon}