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 This was us at 'St Andrews' Minore NSW (photo taken quite a few years ago). Althea died suddenly from a heart attack in July 2002. I have continuing our business, as she would have wished. After 25 years on 'St Andrews', ( about 15 miles west of Dubbo in NSW) Althea's Needles and Threads Online came from Althea's frustration in trying to buy her own embroidery supplies. With the increasing number of large stores, the tendency is to keep only the fastest moving or most profitable items. The smaller stores tend to focus on selling machines and have limited ability to stock a large range. Althea had the idea to concentrate on the supplies and aim for a national market to make it feasible to offer a large range of supplies. We also decided to set our own standard for mail order and dispatch within 2 working days (most of our orders are posted the next day), offer credit card facilities, a freecall number to make it easier for people in isolated areas, online internet ordering and all of this at a reasonable cost. We started this project in early 1997 and opened for business at the end of June. Since then, we have concentrated on trying to offer the best mail order service available in Australia. Visitors to Althea's Needles and Threads are normally welcome between 10am & 2pm on weekdays but it is a good idea to phone ahead if you wish to visit. In the coming months, in fact, I may be away occasionally during normal hours, as my daughter is having chemotherapy and I may be needed elsewhere- so, please leave me an email. However, please do not expect a normal retail operation. We are still a mail order business and do not have set public visiting hours. The other site hosted on our domain is TAFTA (Textile Fibre Forum Magazine). For a different point of view, visit my younger brother's site in Austin Texas. (I was born in Arkansas, grew up in Okla and came to Australia in 1971 and Althea was from Sydney) Althea
 16 May 1941 - 7 July 2002
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