Comments on: Name of the Day: Idonia http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Fetching Names: Into the Wayback Machine with the Girls’ Top 25 | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-28794 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:03:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-28794 [...] of the era.  And yet, if you’re looking for something different, consider Isabeau, Isolda, Idonia, or [...]

]]> By: janet Green http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9902 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:27:22 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9902 Hi Zoe,
nice to be in touch with you all through this website.
I have some of Idonia’s pots here in NZ.
Fond memories,
Janet x

]]> By: zoe howarth http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9899 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:20:04 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9899 Dear Janet
I remember Idonia talking about you. I miss her a lot and always admired her artistic talent and energy. Just loved her for being herself.
Mary forwarded me an article about your beautiful house in NZ.
Love, Zoe

]]> By: Idunn http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9480 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:40:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9480 Hi, just stumbled across this, as it is my name day today (norwegian/scandinavian tradition). My name is Idunn, and Wikipedia told me the English version was “Idony or Idonea”. If they are the direct forms of Idunn, they would definately mean the norse goddess of youth, or the more literal meaning, id = again and unna = loved. At least that’s the only explanation I’ve ever heard, but the other ones are interesting! As far as I know, my version of the name is only used in Iceland, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Sweden. And Is usually pronounced ee-dunn.

]]> By: Mary Bird http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9131 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:05:58 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9131 Hi All

Mary here

I was Idonia’s neice and always called her Auntie

I was devastated when she died and still miss her loads as we all do

I’m Valerie’s daughter (she is the eldest of 4 girls), then there’s Liz, Zoe and there was Idonia

I’m off to see the other aunties in March which I am really looking forward to

I’ve lost touch with Tony which is a shame, but as I now know he still lives in Islington, i will drop him a line

As a teenager I used to go along to Ladbrook grove on a saturday morning (70′s) feeling very cool, poor girl was probably in bed with a boyfriend, so she used to give me a shopping list & money and send me off shopping for fruit and veg

she took me to my first pub, bought me my first half pint of cider adn introduced me to avocado and then prawns, plus of course gin and tonic

She was absolutely the best person

if anyone wants to get in touch you can at marydbird@googlemail.com

]]> By: janet Green http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9098 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:57:43 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9098 Hi George,
yes , I think we must have met. I was regularly at the flat in Ladbroke Grove. We were at Central School of Art & Design from 76 – 79 doing a ceramics degree. After Ladbroke Grove Idonia moved into a flat in Highbury Fields with Tony Clarke, who still lives there. !3 A Highbury Place. Maybe you were there too.I came back to New Zealand in 1988, but kept in touch and visited Idonia a couple of times, the last time in 2000 when she was very unwell. Sadly that was the last time I saw her.She made quite an impression on everyone she knew.
Best wishes,
Janet

]]> By: George Baldwin http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9082 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:24:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9082 Hi Janet,

I saw Lucy’s comment earlier today and your own answer and was racking my brains about what Idonia was up to in the 70s. I vaguely remember visiting her a few times sometime in the later 70s (say 77/78) at a flat over a shop in Ladbroke Grove and meeting some friends of hers from college. Maybe one of them was you :-)

George

]]> By: George Baldwin http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9072 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:43:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9072 Hi Lucy,

Jill is a cousin of mine so Idonia and I are sort of faux cousins. I stayed with Jill and Quinn sometime during the 70s so I also got to know Chris and Helen….also Toby, who was very young at the time.

To my shame, I haven’t really been in touch since Sheila’s demise and have had no news of the family for many years. How is everyone and what are they doing?

Please do get in touch directly if you like, at dunescratcheur@yahoo.fr

All the best,

George

]]> By: janet Green http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9069 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:22:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9069 Hi Lucy,
nice that this line is continuing. I remember meeting Jill and hearing Idonia talk of her and her family often. Great that the shop is still going. I think Andrew still lives there but haven’t kept in touch with him so not sure. See my earlier post above.I met Idonia at the Central School of Art & Design in 1976 and now live in New Zealand. i visited her in 2000 when she became ill. Still miss her and keep in touch with Tony who is still in the flat in Highbury Fields.
Best wishes,
Janet

]]> By: Lucy Geering http://appellationmountain.net/2009/03/09/name-of-the-day-idonia/#comment-9066 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:51:40 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1776#comment-9066 Hello George, Zoe and Janet,

Idonia was cousin to my father, Chris Geering. He is the son of Quinn and Jill Geering, and Jill was twin sister to John, Idonia’s father. We were very sad when Idonia died, I still visit her Spitalfields shop. Are you related to the Geerings?

With best wishes

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