Hello Noelene
In my research I have an instance of a 'Straw plaiter' who later became a
'lacemaker'. Maybe the person you found was a worker of both if they are
both recorded.
There is a very distant bell ringing in my head of seeing somewhere a sample
of lace made from straw. Another bell !! I recall reading recently that some
lacemakers did straw plaiting in the winter when the light was too poor to
make lace, which sounds very logical.
Diana in Northamptonshire
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Subject: [lace] Bedfordshire lace term
While doing some Google searches recently, I came across the name of the
wife of a migrant to Australia in the early 1800's. She and her husband,
and several children, migrated from Bedfordshire, and her occupation was
given as "Str--ais Plattes, (lacemaker)". The missing characters would be
caused by difficult in reading the hand writing.
I assume the "plattes" could be Bedfordshire lace plaits, but can anyone
fill in the blanks?
Noelene in Cooma
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