Hi Sue Just got in after a wonderful weekend out in beautiful winter weather! I would love to have a scan of your postcard - after all my father's father and further back all wore the clogs. Thanks very much indeed Regards linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Regan" <sregan@tiscali.co.uk> To: <LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:56 AM Subject: RE: [LANCSLIFE] Clogs > Hallo Linda > > I recently bought an old postcard (around 1910) of a photograph of a > pair of old clogs. They are obviously older than your father's were! I > haven't access to a scanner at the moment but when I have it on the > computer, would you like me to send you an image? > > Regards > > Sue > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Holland [mailto:lmholland@kooee.com.au] > Sent: 06 August 2005 00:50 > To: LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LANCSLIFE] Clogs > > Hi all > > I am after photos of the old kind of clogs that my father used to wear > as a boy. He never wore a pair of ordinary shoes until he was 14 and > working. He has told me about them but I would love to have a photo. > > They were the ones with the usual wooden sole and clog irons, and with > thick leather uppers that looked like ordinary boots on top. > > I have googled and found several sites that deal with clogs, and clog > dancing, but none of them have photos of the old clogs - just the fancy > ones or dancing ones. > > In my searches I have come up with a couple of good poems about clogs, > which has been great. > > Can anyone help? > > Linda Visman > Wangi Wangi > NSW Oz. > > > > ==== LANCSLIFE Mailing List ==== > The Lancaster Canal Trust: http://www.thelanky.co.uk/ > Welcome to Bolton!: http://www.bolton.org.uk/ > Liverpool City Council: > http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/graphics_version/root/Home/index.asp > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.10.0/63 - Release Date: > 03/08/2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.10.0/63 - Release Date: > 03/08/2005 > > > ______________________________