An Old Singer !

This seventy-six year old lady is still working well. In fact after having being given a good dousing of three in one oil recently on her moving parts. Her owner declared that she is better than ever.

Her Singer number is EB 326703 from which I was able to ascertain, that her birth was at

Kilbowie, Clydebank, Scotland in June 1937.

Mrs H bought her for £20 in London about thirty plus years ago. Inside the 'green box is a

Singer counterfoil (possibly the original) however, unfortunately the figures are ineligible.

I personally view this machine as a piece of art work and greatly admire the gold decorations that it has, them and the decorative cover plates which I think are absolutely splendid.

The Singer Sewing Machine model 28k

Shewing cover plate at business

end of machine.

An inverted pear shaped cover

plate.

I obtained details of year and place of manufacture from http://www.sewshop.com/date-your-machine.html and from them they have this to say :-

"Singer Sewing Machines were first manufactured in 1851. The manufacture dating provided here on our Web site is reproduced from the original Company register number log books. Because we have not been able to locate the log books, serial numbers for the years 1851 to 1870 are not available at this time. 

Serial numbers on Singer sewing machines manufactured prior to 1900 are numbers only. After 1900, the machine serial numbers have a single or two-letter prefix."

Our Weather Forecast

08 April 2013 10:54

Today

Most places will be dry with bright or sunny spells today, however patchy rain in the southwest will become persistent and heavy during the afternoon and evening. It will stay cool and breezy with highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in fresh easterly wind

Tonight

Tonight will be dry in most areas with some clear spells but rain will continue for a time in the southwest. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees, coldest in the north with some frost here. Fresh easterly winds will persist overnight.

Tomorrow

Tuesday will be a rather cloudy day, with just a few sunny spells. Many places will be dry again, just a few scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees. Breezy again at first, but fresh easterly winds will ease somewhat in the afternoon.

Outlook

On Tuesday night, outbreaks of rain or drizzle will continue to affect Munster for a time. Much of the country will be dry with some clear spells and with frost developing. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +2 degrees. 

Wednesday will start off dry with sunny spells. Some showers will develop in the morning and then persistent rain will spread from the south through the afternoon and evening along with fresh to strong, gusty easterly winds. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees. The rain will be heavy at times and may fall as sleet in places. It will gradually clear to the northeast overnight and on Thursday morning. Scattered showers will follow. Winds will ease and become northerly. It will be cold with highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees. It will continue quite cold on Friday with sunny spells and scattered showers. Saturday will start off dry and bright. However a spell of wet and windy weather will spread from the south later, bringing some heavy rain. It will clear to scattered showers on Sunday, But it will continue cold and blustery.

SOUL SIGHT

It gives me pleasure to share the photographs of just six items from Lucy's exhibition with her kind permission .

The Pictorial Arts fascinate me, particularly visual displays, whether they be paintings or sculptures. Photography films/videos I can leave beyond the door of my mind, their themes are too rigid for me.

Take me to a gallery, lead me into another world, the world of patterns and dreams.

There leave me to seek my own world, to find an interpretation that is singular and unique to me alone. To reach an inner understanding that speaks to my soul and connects me to that which is portrayed in front of my eyes. Such is my relationship formed with the works of artists and the spirit of their interpretations.

Ballet, modern or classical, does the same to me as does the music. It is all there shapes, colours, movement, rhythms and sound; it leads me away into another dimension where my spirit uplifted soars free beyond the mundane.

These last few days I have frequently been revisiting in my mind, the ceramic art

of Lucy Dolan's exhibition 'Soul Sight' in The Garter Lane Gallery, Waterford city.

For her works similarly moved me out and into sempiternal space, to dwell upon the textures, glazes and colours, shaped to the composition of each piece.

I was in awe, all was pleasing to the eye and yet each demanded that extra attention be given by the viewer to gaze for a 2nd, 3rd & 4th look, to think, dwell upon and meditate. I would live with each of them had I wall space and room!