Retro Revivals

It’s our monthly Sewing machine Workshop this Tuesday 16th June, 6pm-9pm, £35 includes tuition from our resident seamstress, mini pasties 😬🤞😉, Tea and cakes! If you’ve always fancied learning the basics and you’ve not got a machine- we can supply one! We have a couple of spaces this month. Please let me know, deposit secures your place (limited due to room for working!)

A quick tidy up of the area, a top-up ordered because everyone’s starting projects, I can see everyone needing a bit of colour in their houses again!

I always wonder what’s the story behind something. This is my pen holder….. a simple ‘tin mug’, you think!?
It’s actually a pewter tankard……..
Pewter began in the Guild System-1348, the Worshipful Company of Pewterers was formed in London to regulate the quality of the metal, ensuring it met strict standards. The Golden Age of the Pub (16th – 17th Century) it was everyday Barware! They found wood vessels rotted. During the Tudor and Stuart eras, pewter tankards became the standard vessel in taverns across Britain and its colonies.
By the late 18th century, the Industrial Revolution devastated the traditional cast-pewter market, they never completely ceased, it is still produced today. However, the industry suffered a near-total collapse The rise of cheaper, mass-produced glassware, ceramics.
Modern pewter tankards are completely lead-free and safe to use.