Ancestors

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Maternal Ancestors

The church of my ancestors at Aldeburgh - Suffolk

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The "Stone" family - my maternal ancestoral line

Researching the Stone family proved to be quite difficult as all references were the result of my own early memory.

After some self persuasion and an "of the cuff" remark to my cousin Peter ( my paternal line ), we were fortunate to realise that in fact my Grandfather David Stone had an origination in Suffolk ( an old picture postcard of Leiston Railway Station).

So early in 2008 I established positive information on my maternal lineage back to Suffolk - the Aldeburg area

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The "Life of Brian" Today

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NOTTINGHAM LACE is in our genes

Nottingham Table Lace “is in our genes”.. ..

Machine made Lace, originated with the father of lace making, the Rev William Lee in 1589 in the Nottingham village of Calverton - hence the beginning of the generic term Nottingham Lace. Subsequently generations of Nottingham families have grown up with and passed on their “lace making gene” - providing the skill and pride, for supplying this “ aristocrat of textiles” to the world at large.

Our own ancestors have been traced back to the Nottingham village - Burton Joyce back to the mid 1600’s (authenticated by archive material), where together with their relatives in the villages of Gedling, Lambley, Woodboro, Calverton, Oxton, Lowdham, Caythorpe and Gunthorpe- then as thro’ the years to today they were/are part of a cottage industry continually creating lace related products for sale direct or via the Lace Merchants of Nottingham. This cottage industry continued alongside the major factories thro-out the18th, 19th. 20th centuries and still exists today albeit in a much smaller form.--

Nottingham Lace is in our genes !………


The finest Nottingham Lace Machines are 14 point and have 17920 threads , they are 8 metres long and if one thread unfortunately breaks the whole machine is stopped while the damaged thread is located and replaced. ( costly - no other answer though)
Nottingham city was the perfect place for the "finishing of" lace as it is built on “bunter sandstone”, from which comes the brightest water, free from all organic matter yet containing Chlorine and Ammonia. These two natural constituents present in the water assist greatly the bleaching and cleaning process and thus "quality finishing"

Today the Nottingham's lace industry is relatively quite compact with individual specialist supplier/provider companies.. One of these companies are our friends at - the “Doyenne of Nottingham’s Lace Industry - Peggy Wilkins” - for whom we thank for all the exclusive designs within our collection of

“Quintessential English”

Many years ago at the same time as John Livesay invented his machine, referred to as the Nottingham Lace Curtain machine, another process, the Madras was also invented -

The Madras is a narrow machine only 4 meters wide ( compared with 8 meters for the Lace Curtain Machine), uniquely the structure of the fabric it produces is a very fine net with the pattern imposed over it. This technique gives the very raised affect of the pattern, however when lace is produced on the Madras machine, the pattern has long threads attached and all these have to be cut off by hand before dyeing and finishing off by hand before dyeing and finishing ( very costly, but there is no cheap alternative). The "Madras technique is a very special process, there is only one machine which can make this complicated pattern.

Designs created on the Nottingham Lace Curtain machine are Stratford, Rosemary, Derby etc

Designs created on the Madras machine are Malmesbury, Milton Chatswoth etc

Hopefully we have helped to make clear an understand producing authentic Nottingham Lace cannot ever be an easy or cheap process . It requires the input of many constituents ( many the result of nature and resources unique to the geography of Nottingham) plus other complimentary, human techniques developed over generations contribute in the creation of our own offering of this superb example of ingenuity -

"Quintessential English" - EXCLUSIVE and AUTHENTIC NOTTINGHAM LACE

When choosing lace products , remember, it is not only the pattern which is of interest, but also the stability of the colour, the stability of dimension, the quality/consistency of each thread, the overall material quality, and finally its beautiful appearance…… hence

Do not be mislead - Nottingham Lace - from the “City of Lace” has an unsurpassed individual quality and beauty, created and managed with an expertise passed down from generation to generation……

YES !!.Nottingham Lace is in our genes ! ……….

Take note also that simply because you may be offered “Nottingham Lace “ it does not guarantee it is supplied from Nottingham . There are now many Lace Producers in the USA, Russia, China, Japan, Poland, Europe and South America who have purchased second hand lace making machines, originating in Nottingham and describe the lace produced as “Nottingham Lace” -!!!!!!

Quintessential English Table Lace.
www.english-lace.co.uk
Nottingham, England

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THE LIFE of BRIAN Visuals

This entry is an attempt to add a little flavour and colour to the episodes of The LIFE of BRIAN

The "LIFE OF BRIAN" early years......

Maternal GrandFather, David Stone and Great Grandfather, Samuel Stone

Father Samuel Alvey and grandfather Samuel Alvey

Grandfather David Stone and me the grandson


Father Samuel and me the son

Me growing-up with my first car !!

Me at junior school

Me - photo was mothers idea !!! ( at 15 years old )

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and then I never appeared to grow older - As the "Dorian Grey" portrait ? ;-)

"Early LIFE of BRIAN"

The "LIFE of BRIAN" Part 8 & 9

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The LIFE of BRIAN Part 8

………COINCIDENCE 4 Unbeknown to me at that time, in fact not until approx 30 years later This area of Burton Joyce is precisely where my namesakes and ancestors lived and worked . For years my cousins searched for our 4x Great Grandfather referred to as “Missing JOHN Alvey” and it was only in 2006 that a good probability for his location was established in the area.
In the mid 1990’s, as Self employed Consultant Designer, I was asked by the MD of an Italian Company - manufacturing hosiery in Italy, exporting throughout the world , and who had recently established an extensive Sales & Distribution facility in the area, to design and create a Promotional Product as a give-away, which was associated with hosiery and manufactured from Nottingham Lace. As a direct result of the success of this project, Sandra and I began a business in “Nottingham Lace” product design, manufacture, sales and marketing. Rapidly the business became a great success and as a result most mornings I would visit the many out/home workers we used in the villages of Burton Joyce, Gunthorpe, Calverton, Woodthorpe, Carlton, Bestwood, etc, I began each day taking materials for making up products - 100’s at a time and collecting the completed work from the previous day - ( I had become the modern day version of the 19 century Lace Bagman)

see our websites http://www.weddinglace.co.uk/ and http://www.english-lace.co.uk/

……COINCIDENCE 5 My ancestors were Stockingers operating Framework Knitting Machines in their homes, these were the earliest creators of machine made hosiery and Nottingham Lace, Machine Made Lace is reputed to have been originally created on a machine design and made by the Rev Lee of Calverton. The Rev. Lee had difficulty gaining a patent for his invention from Queen Elizabeth the First she was hesitant as she feared the machine would create an uprising by out of work Stockingers ( she was not far wrong -, remember the Luddites.) She insisted that to grant a patent on the invention The machine must first be capable of working with the finest of delicate silks (very difficult at that period in time). Eventually the Rev Lee did create a machine to work with silk, but he still had difficulties in obtaining a patent. It is worth adding here that the ALVEY Framework Knitters in Burton Joyce were working in silk - hosiery, gloves and undergarments

……COINCIDENCE 6 In the late 1800’s there were 3 or 4 individuals in Burton Joyce who were active “Bagmen” one of them was a JOHN ALVEY of “The Spring” on Main Street, known as “Nonkling John” because of the way he moved his head


The LIFE of BRIAN Part 9 - (Conclusion only to the PRELUDE of the ALVEY’S of BURTON JOYCE )

……COINCIDENCE 7 To conclude this extended Prelude I should provide put into print the explanation and reason for Blogging
My particular family line together with that of Sandra my beloved wife ends with us. Both of our parents departed this life many years ago, we have no immediate heirs, brothers or sisters, so after long consideration and chats with Sandra I decided to record for posterity some of our life and research into the “Alvey‘s of Burton Joyce“, listing the important contribution made by my bloodline, to the village activities and development of our Burton Joyce roots throughout the 1600’s, 1700’s and 1800’s.
For the ALVEY bloodline provided, several Sheriffs of Nottingham and a continual presence/contribution to BURTON JOYCE for 350 YEARS plus….
………… 350 years, of agricultural workers tending the farm land around the village, two generations of village blacksmiths, shopkeepers, a verger, many fwk workers, farmers and landowners, a journalist, wives of eminent villagers, several employers of Fwk and weavers, “bagmen“, mechanics, councillors, and fathers of at least two illegitimate children ! ! ! !
Also as there were/are numerous namesakes and “relatives” in the adjoining areas of Gedling, Carlton, Nottingham, Arnold, Lambley, Lowdham, Gunthorpe, Bleasby, Stoke, Bulcote, Epperstone, Hoveringham, Caythorpe etc.. the notes may just fill a few gaps

PART 9 is the conclusion to the LIFE of BRIAN .

Howeve if you are interested in Social History, Burton Joyce or the Alvey family name you should not miss my ALVEY'S of BURTON JOYCE Timeline 1600 to 1950 this will follow in this website in comfortable "bites" within this website.. .. dont miss it !!