Tag: William Morris

The Cotswalds

The Cotswalds is a very charming nd picturesque area of limestone upland in southern England. It is about an hour and a half drive from London.  It is a range of hills that spans 25 miles across and 90 miles across. The area is known for it’s limestone streams that hold an abundnace of Brown Trout and large grayling fish.   This area is known […]

British Thimble Collecting

The British people most certainly love their thimbles. Thimbles have been around since the mankind has been sewing. They are made of stone, bronze, wood, leather, horn, bone, tortoise shell, glass, mother of pearl, all kinds of different metals and also porcelain.  Early needles were very thick pieces of metal and it was easy to hurt yourself with them. Most of the early ones were […]