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.
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!!!!!
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.
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 !!
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!
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!
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
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
@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!
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
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.