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Honiton museum curator Margaret Lewis
Published:
12:00 PM May 8, 2021
This banner screen was made by Miss Ann Ward for the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society Honiton lace competition in June 1871
- Credit: Honiton Museum
This banner screen was made by Miss Ann Ward for the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society Honiton lace competition in June 1871.
She was not awarded a prize because the gentlemen judges from South Kensington did not believe that the lace had been made in England owing to its high quality.
Ann offered to make another in front of the judges.
Later, the prize was sent to her, but she refused to accept it and sent it back. At the end of June that year the banner screen and other examples of Ann’s Honiton lace were exhibited at the Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter.
Youths recognized in YMCA-FCA scholarship program
PRATTVILLE Jenna Stilling was surprised to hear her name called out Monday night as the winner of the Willis Bradford Christian Leadership Award.
The Prattville Christian Academy senior was among six qualifiers from high schools serving Autauga County for the YMCA-Fellowship of Christian Athletes program. Jenna, a self-described introvert, said the presentation by Mike Lamar, a member of the Y s board, could have applied to any of the qualifiers. I read through the social media posts that the YMCA put out about a week ago and I knew that all those statements described every single one of the individuals out here so I really didn t expect it, she said. Being put into all the leadership positions has really challenged me to grow. I remember a quote from Carrie Fisher, she said Stay afraid, but do it anyway. I definitely apply that everyday where I m asked to speak in front of people or stand up and lead my club or
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Honiton museum curator Margaret Lewis
Published:
6:00 AM April 10, 2021
Honiton potter Freddie Jeanes
- Credit: Honiton museum
This vase is definitely a one-off. It was hand thrown, painted, and signed ‘Freddie Jeanes’ at Honiton Pottery in 1919. The pot is well thrown, the black matt background is unusual, but the decoration is basic.
More interesting is its creator. Frederick Sayers Jeanes and his twin brother Alfred Francis were born in Bedminster, Bristol in September 1860. Sadly, Alfred died in infancy, as did their younger sister Elizabeth Matilda. Their father John was a pottery warehouseman and later became a haulier.
Freddie was the first thrower that Charles Collard employed after he bought the Honiton Pottery in 1918. It is possible that Collard and Freddie met when Charles was living in Ilminster and Freddie was working as a potter’s labourer at Donyatt Pottery. In the 1901 census Freddie was listed as a widower and living in the