My great, great grandmother was a lacemaker; on the 1861 census she was aged 20 and her trade was described thus - 'Farm labourer's daughter'. I always thought this was because her parents were trying to make her look like a good catch (i.e. 'our daughter doesn't have to work we have the funds to keep her') but now I am wondering whether they were actually trying to pretend she was not a drug addled whore.
I suppose that's better than the acquitted murderer allegedly on my maternal side! On 25 May 2018 at 13:30, Devon Thein <[email protected]> wrote: > One concept that I seem to have gleaned from my reading is that the > lacemakers in England did well during the Napoleonic Wars because > trade with the continent was cut off. Then after the Napoleonic Wars > things became much worse for them. Perhaps their number swelled during > the period when people had to buy English lace. After the wars the > English were able to buy European lace which they preferred. > Devon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
