At 11:23 pm -0500 4/2/07, lace-digest wrote:
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?
More likely to have been something to do with straw plaiting - also
important in that area for making hats.
Jean in Glasgow
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