I have a new toy - I think she needs a name - she is a grand old lady

[KatyMac]

Look! How marvellous!

Do you think I can get her working?

Where did you find her?

Facebook - the treadle doesn't make a sound

I'll start off with a belt and see where we go from there apparently it's less that £10 to buy a new one (new item justified by refurbishing old machine)

She has a shuttle! Never used one like that

Ohh.... excellent!

Surely she already has a name - Vesta!

Hmm @relays, is that her surname?

Is she Hester Vesta? Veronique Vesta? Hepzibah Vesta? Probably not Vera Vesta...

I was going to suggest Pearl, as in Pearl's a Singer. But I see she's a Vesta not a Singer. Vesta is a great name. Or you could call her Tillie after Vesta Tilley

Can spell @rslsys autocorrect can't

I like Hester Vesta

Vesta is also a first name....of the Roman virgin goddess of hearth and home.

She is lovely. My great aunt had one just like her when I was a child. (My aunt was called Vesta too, maybe it was a nickname now I think of it, but we knew her as Vesta all our lives)

Ooo @nocoolnamesleft that's good

I have an old family singer who may change her name from "shit that's heavy" to Pearl!!

Vesta Tilley's first names were Matilda Alice so that could work

She is of such character that she only needs the single name, think Madonna, Marilyn, Prince, Adele etc etc

@rslsys that's true

I may see if we can work out how old she is and look at names of the decade

This is assuming she is still alive

How about Swan most if not all replacement parts can be singer. As all these old machines were pretty much copies under a different name.

Or Victoria after Vesta Victoria, one of my favourite music hall stars.
I have a Singer, but I don't think it works, it's just nice to look at...

My singer works like a dream - but I think this new one will be Tillie

Now I have to think of a name for the Singer - I am wondering about Hilda my Nana's name - as it was her machine