Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues, now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose...

 

 

 

Thank you, thank you, so much for the fabulous response to my purse giveaway,

the Random Number Generator thingy was 112, which I believe to be Catherine Constance.

Thank you everyone, it has been a real joy to have so many lovely comments.

Catherine if you could send me your details, I will post asap.

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Life has been very quiet around here just lately,

need to get out a little more and one of the places I hope to visit is the Exhibition at

The Foundling Museum, 'Fate, Hope and Charity'.

Following in the footsteps of 'Threads of Feeling' Exhibition.

Here are a few words from the Foundling Museum ...

 

'Tokens, small everyday objects, were left by mothers with their babies at the Foundling Hospital, which continues today as children’s charity Coram, between c.1741-1760. These tokens, which include coins, jewellery, buttons, poems, playing cards and a simple nut, were a means of identification should the mother ever return to reclaim her child. Hundreds of these small items were removed from the Foundling Hospital’s admission records in the 1860s, severing links with their history – until now.

Now, over 250 years later, Fate, Hope & Charity reunites the tokens with the foundlings to whom they belonged, bringing to light untold stories that are testaments to the grief of separation and the timeless bond between a mother and child. Each heart-wrenching story offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary women in the eighteenth century. The accounts reveal fascinating information about the tokens themselves, the circumstances surrounding the mother’s decision to give up her baby and the moving stories of the individual foundlings to whom the tokens belonged.' foundling museum website

 

I am sure this new Exhibition will be as interesting,
heartbreaking and as poignant as Threads of Feeling.

 

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Just a few pieces I have been working over the week.

Below, is a Needlecase, the background of which I have copied from

 

this Diary.

 

I have no idea if the original owner of the Diary was male or female, only a few little entries were made, one of which being on Sunday 25th April 1897 'Cuckoo!' Lower Bebington.

 

 

 

 

Poor Harry.

 

 

I hand painted a quirky Cuckoo to the front of the Needlecase and

felt really pleased with the outcome.

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New designs for 2013, Daisy and Dennis Donkey, Bing the Budgie, Birds and Bees and Beryl Bunny pops up here and there. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As you can see, I am really struggling with Blogger again, so before I throw my toys out of the pram,
I will thank you, a HUGE thank you, once again for visiting Hen's Teeth. x

Elo :: Rockaria