tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post588527111298133105..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-33695328546431456412008-07-25T05:38:00.000+01:002008-07-25T05:38:00.000+01:00What colour Maya do you have? I have a pile of the...What colour Maya do you have? I have a pile of the pink/orange, and not sure what to do with it, but a Liesl might be the answer - I had thought to do one in some RYC Cashsoft aran I have in black, that has been reclaimed from its plans for an unworthy recipient.<BR/><BR/>I loved the Maya colours and texture; a real gleam and softness to it, quite alive, unlike the SoHo replacement!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10205649445015116465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-23265953665530249182008-07-24T14:05:00.000+01:002008-07-24T14:05:00.000+01:00The First Boer War was 1880-81 and the Second Boer...The First Boer War was 1880-81 and the Second Boer war was 1899-02. People who talk about the Boer War usually mean the latter. Nowadays historians usually call it the South Afican War and refer to the first one as the Transvaal War. After all, I don't suppose the whole thing was the fault of the Boers. <BR/><BR/>Your soldiers may be members of the local Volunteer force. If you send me a scan of it when you receive it, I can let you know more about the uniforms.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045029232081633077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-49732526775418731002008-07-24T12:49:00.000+01:002008-07-24T12:49:00.000+01:00The Boer Wars were at the very end of the 19th cen...The Boer Wars were at the very end of the 19th century, and ended in 1902,so uniforms would not have been very different from that point until the Great War. And I suppose career soldiers wandered around villages in uniform no matter what, just fewer of them. It will be interesting to see the postmark.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-87407574007372021602008-07-24T11:03:00.000+01:002008-07-24T11:03:00.000+01:00I can't reach the book to look it up, but the Boer...I can't reach the book to look it up, but the Boer War did span the turn of the last century, so not so very long before the 1914-18 war.<BR/><BR/>I have to say that one look at the postcard made me quite homesick! There are so many house in West Cornwall that look like that - dressed stone and bay windows. It could have been St Just.<BR/><BR/>Update - have found the book and the dates are 1899 to 1902.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com