Hello,
I remerber a story :
In Retournac museum (http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htm) near Le Puy France, there is a motobike in the laces.
It is a old french motobike, a ravat gave by Rose Ouilhon. (like this one but worn http://moto.photo1.free.fr/031101/DSC02247.JPG)
The museum write a very interesting book about the story of this woman : http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htm
I think it's only in french. I readed it in one evening.
This women, Rose Ouilhon worked for a lace shop in Retounac (leveuse de dentelles in french) . She gave thread and picking and collected lace in country. She knowed exactly what women could make : who could work quikkly, made care lace, simple lace, difficult lace...
She does this job because her cousin does it. Her brother was a soldier and went to do war. So she took his motobike!
She live in a cold country (old mountains and sleeping volcano) with snow in winner.
After a long time, she could buy a car : a 2cv (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jybe/citroen/2cv.htm)
She was born in 1930 and stop working in ...1990. She live in her parents farm and helped at farm works to have correct food.
In 1943, what win a leveuse (collected woman) corresponding now at 90 euros for a month.
A lacemaker 15 euros for a month.
Dentellez bien
Sof
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