#Honiton

2025-06-12

又來到這個時間了

#六月新娘 」( #JuneBride )一詞源自歐洲,特別與古羅馬神話中的婚姻女神朱諾(Juno)有關。朱諾是婚姻與女性的守護神,而「June」這個月份名稱正是以她命名,古羅馬人相信在朱諾守護的月份結婚,能獲得幸福與祝福。到了中世紀,六月也因氣候溫暖宜人、農忙剛結束而成為適合舉行婚禮的時節,再加上當時人們每年多半只在春末或夏初沐浴一次,六月時身體相對「乾淨」,也被視為適合結婚的月份。進入19世紀之後,隨著婚禮文化的浪漫化與商業化,「六月新娘」這個形象透過時尚雜誌與婚禮產業廣泛宣傳,進一步鞏固了六月是「幸福婚禮季」的觀念,並流傳至全球。 -- ChatGPT
至於 #白色婚紗 的起源…
白色婚紗的傳統並非自古即有,而是起源於19世紀中葉的英國。1840年,維多利亞女王與阿爾伯特親王結婚時,穿著一襲白色緞面搭配 #Honiton 蕾絲的婚紗,這在當時是一種少見的選擇,因為白色布料昂貴且易髒,只有上流社會才能負擔。女王此舉不僅是為了支持英國的蕾絲工藝產業,也讓白色逐漸成為純潔、優雅與高貴的象徵。她的婚禮受到廣泛報導與模仿,引領時尚潮流,使得白紗在上流與中產階級中迅速流行起來。到了20世紀,隨著好萊塢電影與婚禮雜誌的推波助瀾,白色婚紗成為西方婚禮的標準象徵,並隨著西化風潮傳入亞洲,在二戰後逐漸取代傳統紅色嫁衣,成為現代婚禮中最具代表性的服飾。 -- ChatGPT

dokmzdokmz
2025-04-25

man, 20, who ‘obsessively’ researched firearms and shooting online is jailed for terrorism offences –
A 20-year-old man from Honiton with a ‘terrorist mindset’ who ‘obsessively’ researched shooting and firearms online has been jailed for terrorism offences. Tobias Gleed, of no fixed abode, was on Thursday, April 17, jailed for five-and-a-half years after a trial in Hampshire
dokmz.com/2025/04/25/honiton-m

2025-02-02
Printed colour postcard showing a view of St Paul's Church and the War Memorial at Honiton in East Devon.
Published by Dimond's Library, not numbered, c.1920.
Postally unused.
Very good condition, with slight corner bumps.
Andy Pellewukandy
2024-04-24

The Volunteer pub in Honiton. Home from home!

Andy Pellewukandy
2024-04-24

And this marks the end of another stay with my parents in Devon. Well I was planning on catching the 1 pm train back to Cambridge tomorrow.

Andy Pellewukandy
2024-04-23

Today too. Only this time with pork scratchings.

2023-08-26

Currently reading: Kate Strasdin's "The Dress Diary | Secrets of a woman's wardrobe".

It's fascinating in many ways. But she has a whole chapter on that nearly made me weep. She has made lace, and this diary came to her from the lace community. It was lovely to read.

theparisreview.org/blog/2023/0

2023-07-30

Ha! Found a newsreel of some lacemakers.

youtu.be/Bc4CxgjHwtE

2023-07-04

Why the glove? This part is uncertain. Of course gloves symbolise nobility, control, cleanliness and purity; perhaps all too revealing of the disdain in the tradition's genesis, and denoting when a hand out isn’t really a hand out.

#folkhorror #folkhorrormagpie #honiton #devonfolklore #folktradtions #honitonhotpennies #saturnalia #lammas #beltane

2023-04-09

Elena Kanagy-Loux, the top ambassador of in our sphere, offers a short 500 Years of Lace History in this interview.

It's more heavy on the continental Euro laces, but she touches on some others. Some lacers are miffed it has none of the British traditions like or . And also, my favorite, isn't there.

But 500 Years in summary is hard...

@bobbinlace

youtu.be/b9h4pvRksYw

Helen Claytonhelenclayton@mas.to
2023-02-10

A change from my usual solo bimbling, yesterday I teamed up with a couple of fellow slowwayers to #hike a couple of #SlowWays, from #Axminster to #Colyton & then to #Honiton. Our combined forces meant we were able to ‘snail’ (verify) two routes & review an alternative option.

Great routes through beautiful #EastDevon countryside, following a good part of the #EastDevonWay, & through lovely ancient woodlands. The feel of spring in the air.

#walking #GetOutside #holloways #mosstodon

Photo of a river meandering through green fields. The river has cut into the bank on outside of the bend (on the right) leaving a sheer, sandy coloured cliff, which the footpath clings on to! On the inside of the bend is a shallow shingle beach. A few spindly trees line the banks. White clouds in the sky are breaking up revealing large patches of blue, which are reflected in the curve of the river.A photo of a steep hilly field. An unmarked footpath makes a beeline for the summit, the small figure of a hiker partway up. A clump of trees mark the top field boundary. The sky is blue, with a few white fluffy clouds.Photo shows a flat-topped earth bank (about 2 metres across) between a boggy woodland on the left & scrubby pasture on the right. A few bare trees & bright green moss line the edges of the bank. A footpath runs along the top of the bank. A hiker walks away from the camera, towards denser woodland. Glimpses of blue sky through the trees.Photo shows a sunken track through ancient woodland. The track surface is rich brown earth, a scattering of brown fallen leaves, the banks either side of the holloway are green with moss & ferns. The trees in the wood are still bare. A peachy glow from the sinking sun showing through the trees on the right, reflecting off the opposite side of the wooded valley beyond.
2023-01-12

The Get-Together "an uplifting atmosphere of song, humour and good, good music" with @MamaTokus at @BeehiveHoniton | #Honiton #Devon

📅 Fri 3 Feb

theprsd.co.uk/2023/01/12/the-g

Itamar Medeirosdesignative
2022-12-07

Outside a warehouse in rural industrial , , lies a graveyard of stripped colorful cabinets. For a generation of , these cabinets are not just ailing , but precious memories. Meet the people saving them from landfill. theguardian.com/games/2022/dec

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