Needles & thread by happypat

Needles & thread

When I Kendal yesterday I poked my camera down every little alley way & thought this was a particularly sweet shot.
Not so many little tailors around the country in this throw away age I bet!

Three good things:
1. I have finished my book, The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. I was disappointed & didn't care for it much.....glad I have got to the end!
2. Full house for the next three nights.
3. Seedless grapes.
Love these alleys. I always have to wander sown them to see what I'm missing!
April 14th, 2015  
Nice alley way with great textures and tones.
April 14th, 2015  
Such a wonderful shot, Pat. I love the little tucked away tailor's shop at the end of the alley.
April 14th, 2015  
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I like these alleys. We don't have them in our very little village.
April 14th, 2015  
I like the quality of this shot - remember asking for seedless grapes in France once and the shop keeper seemed to think I was mad and told me that 'sans pepins' grapes are not grapes!!!!!
April 14th, 2015  
An interesting alley leading to the little tailors; good spot Pat.
April 14th, 2015  
cool
April 14th, 2015  
Great textures in the alleyway. My father in law is a tailor in Bakewell, makes lots of shooting jackets, plus fours etc for the sporting estates round the country.
April 14th, 2015  
I love poking my nose down alleyways -- and I am always intrigued as to what I might find !-- they invariably are so interesting especially in an old town .This one is certainly interesting looking Pat with its old oak panelled wall and leading to the little tailors As you say Pat not much need for a tailor in this throw away age . But in Wellington (Shrops ) down one of the side streets there is a little shop opened where a Indian chappie (tailor ? )takes in clothes to alter and mend . You can see him there at his rather large industrial sewing machine working away -and in the indoor market there is a Stall where an Indian lady does similar work ! -- they may be of the same family !!
April 14th, 2015  
Nice composition! I like the framing the alley provides.
April 14th, 2015  
Wonderful old alley - without a shop sign in English it would be hard to place the country.
April 14th, 2015  
Great 'nosey' shot. Love the sign and greenery at the end
April 14th, 2015  
Solid stone and timber walls here - must be really old buildings! I find it hard to read that sign - might be my eyes but as you have said 'tailor' then its might be an old shop that is no longer a tailor. We have various people around the town who do 'tailoring' if there is such a word but its all private in their own houses! I do agree about seedless grapes - we have tons of grapes this season and they all have 4 pips in them which I do not like!
April 14th, 2015  
Love the panelling down here. There's an alterations place in Cambridge that is really busy - good to see! There's an article about Kirkby Lonsdale in Country Living this month - made me all nostalgic!
April 14th, 2015  
Lovely shot .... I love poking my nose down alleys like this! :)
April 14th, 2015  
Interesting capture of this little nook. In the old city of London, isn't there a 'Threadneedle Street'?
April 14th, 2015  
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So sorry for this mass reply but busy tonight with visitors & Skypeing NZ so the evening has disappeared!

Such lovely long comments, I have enjoyed reading them all, thank you.
Yes a Threadneedle St in London @helly31 a bit different to this one!
@judithg I have read the Kirkby Lonsdale article Judith!
We have a littke alteration place in Garstang too & I go to Carole who is expert at letting things out or taking up! @beryl @maggiemae seed,ess grapes are definitely the thing...just like eating sweets
April 14th, 2015  
Fabulous shot Pat and what a lovely alleyway. I love how your eye is drawn right into this picture.

My great great great grandfather was a tailor and I am just doing a write up on his story at the moment for my family history record.
April 14th, 2015  
Fabulous! I love it! The mystery of what's at the end. Fabulous processing as well.
April 14th, 2015  
Great textures here
April 15th, 2015  
Very clever shot. I love it.
April 15th, 2015  
Love this shot.
April 15th, 2015  
I know where you are here, did you know they are called yards and Kendal used to have 150 of them and many of them still exist. There is one near to the hsbc bank which has the weavers houses still there. Also near to my friends Kendal Mint factory there is another which has a long row of really old and still lived in cottages, they are lovely and you would never know they were there
April 15th, 2015  
Great shot and detail!
April 15th, 2015  
@pinkpaintpot I think a meet up,in Kendal might be good! I knew when I was calling them alleyways it was wrong but couldn't think of the right word! Thanks Linda.another Kendal shot tonight so I will remember that!
April 15th, 2015  
lookk forward to it and yes a Kendal meet up would be good. I would have popped up the other day to see you but I was busy with 'stuff'
April 15th, 2015  
Just love these intriguing looking alleyways. They just call out for a shot and then to explore them.
April 15th, 2015  
excellent twitchell / ginnell /back street / alleyway Pat :)
April 15th, 2015  
Wonderful capture...love the path through the alleyway and how it is used as a frame.
April 16th, 2015  
Neat shot - looks rather quaint.
April 16th, 2015  
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