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Description: | letter, ink (black)handwritten, Handwritten letter, folded into 4, from W.M. Egglestone, Dales House, Stanhope R.S.O., Co. Durham, to Ralph Hedley, 3 January 1913, 3 Jan 1913
Dear Mr Hedley
I am at present getting up information about the late John Askew, Violin maker Stanhope who exhibited 4 violins at the N/C Jubilee Exhibition 1887. Thos Woods was teacher of Ctanhope band at the time (Askew binmg a member of the band) & it was through Wooods that the violins were sent to the Exhn. under the heading Artisans Exhibits". I notice that your name is among the jurors & I thought it possible that you might know (p.2) something about Askew and his violins.
The other jurors were Tom Boyd, John Thompson, Magnus Sandersomn, Arthur Coote, H.J. Black, John Philipson, T.P. Barkas, Thos Witty & F.M. Morton. I sent my clerk through to N/C about a month since & he got all particulars from the Public Library Catalogues etc. From these he exhibited 4 violins & got first class for 2 violins I think he got a diploma byt his relatives tell me that it got burnt by accident/ The entries in the reports are far complete I think as I cannot find even a newpaper cutting about Askew and his violins. I thought you might know someting (p.3) but please do not bother about any search as it is not perhaps of that importance. I intend publishing a pamplhlet on Askew & his violins - it would be of vslue if I knew the date (the year insidse the violins) that were that were exhibied. I have one Askew violin & and it is dated 1878. I should like to havbe the date of the two which won a prize at N/C.
Some of Askews violins went to N/C thatr is were sold to some one. REport here says that a Mr. Vansbergen of N/C bought one. Is this gentlemsan still living.
Our Stanhope violin maker won a Bronze Medal ihn Lodon 1885. I have that medal at present.
I have had a long search here for particulars about Askew (p.4) though he died as late as 1895. I knew him very well but at that time I took no interest in the matter as it took a time to stamp the merits of his violins on the public.
I wrote to Woods & Co. but the son could not give me much information but toldThat NMr T Woods took a great intetrest in ASkew and his instruments
Please excuse rather a long letter
Yours ffuly
W.M. Egglestone
To Mr Ralph Hedley
Mr R.O. Heslop gave me information as to where I would find information (Public Library)
embossing, embossing, stamped, Embossed heading to a handwritten letter, folded into 4, from W.M. Egglestone, Dales House, Stanhope R.S.O., Co. Durham, to R
alph Hedley, 3 January 1913, Dales House
Stanhope R.S.O.
Co. Durham
Handwritten letter, folded into 4, from W.M. Egglestone, Dales House, Stanhope R.S.O., Co. Durham, to Ralph Hedley, 3 January 1913
Stanhope R.S.O. = Stanhope Rail Sorting Office
2014.730.a - pages 1 and 4 of a handwritten letter, folded into 4, from W.M. Egglestone, Dales House, Stanhope R.S.O., Co. Durham, to Ralph Hedley, 3 January 1913
2014.730.b - pages 2 and 3 of a handwritten letter, folded into 4, from W.M. Egglestone, Dales House, Stanhope R.S.O., Co. Durham, to Ralph Hedley, 3 January 1913 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.miscellaneous.518752 | Go to resource |
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