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Mandymoo Jul 2018 10:52pm, 26 Jul 2018 6,873 posts	0 Mandymoo Could possibly be Columba either way how exciting xx
Columba Jul 2018 10:56pm, 26 Jul 2018 16,061 posts	0 Columba Yes - I shall be rather on tenterhooks tomorrow. wonders what exactly tenterhooks are goes to look them up
Cyclops Jul 2018 9:14am, 27 Jul 2018 3,516 posts	0 Cyclops Do tenterhooks stretch cloth?
um Jul 2018 9:29am, 27 Jul 2018 369 posts	0 um Cyclops - sort of correct. But mainly to stop it shrinking while drying. From phrases.org.uk (and it does sound reasonable) A tenter is a wooden frame, often in the form of a line of fencing, used to hang woollen or linen cloth to prevent it from shrinking as it dries. The tenterhooks are, not surprisingly, the hooks on the tenter used to hold the cloth in place. Tenters are no longer everyday objects but a hundred years ago, in wool weaving areas like the North of England, they were a common sight on the land around the many woollen mills, called 'tenter-fields'. It is easy to see how the figurative expression 'on tenterhooks', with its meaning of painful tension, derived from the 'tenting' or stretching of fabric.
Columba Jul 2018 9:38am, 27 Jul 2018 16,067 posts	0 Columba Son and d-i-l now in the hospital.
Mandymoo Jul 2018 12:48pm, 27 Jul 2018 6,877 posts	0 Mandymoo Keep us posted Columba
Mandymoo Jul 2018 6:22am, 28 Jul 2018 6,881 posts	0 Mandymoo Any news Columba?
Lip Gloss Jul 2018 6:40am, 28 Jul 2018 30,462 posts	0 Lip Gloss Hopefully there will be a baby soon.
Columba Jul 2018 12:58pm, 28 Jul 2018 16,077 posts	0 Columba Off the tenterhooks - born at 9.30 this morning, weighs 8 lbs, mother and baby (and father!) doing well.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Jul 2018 12:59pm, 28 Jul 2018 26,946 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Congratulations to family Columba ☺