-----Original Message----- From: Graeme & Wynnette Ford [mailto:graemeford.1@bigpond.com] Sent: Monday, 14 July 2014 1:35 PM To: 'Irene Schaffer' Subject: RE: [AUS-Tas] Rabbit skin vests WW1 Hi Irene and list, Saw a brief program on this topic sometime in the past few months. Cannot find the exact reference for it at the moment, but here is a link which leads to a commercially produced page which has a picture and small history attached. http://www.mortels.com.au/shop/home.php?printable=Y&cat=37 The program may even have been connected to the reproduction of these vests, as some of the material looks familiar. Ah, I have found that if you Google "TANNED SHEEPSKIN CLOTHING COMMITTEE", it brings up numerous references, including original newspaper articles and the "Stitch in Time" Landline program I saw on the ABC. However, so far, I have seen no direct references to the Girl Guides. Sorry Irene. Cheers, Wynnette. -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 14 July 2014 10:26 AM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Rabbit skin vests WW1 Dear list, a little bit off the track but I was wondering if anyone has personal oral history about girl guides collecting rabbit skins for the soldiers in WW1, I have found a reference on Trove that they did this in 1915 in Hobart. My question is where would they have got them from and who would have made them into vests and sent them off. I found a photo with a soldier wearing one with the skin outside. Regards Irene Irene Schaffer Email: irene.schaffer@bigpond.com http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~schafferi ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14