My own view coincides with that of Jane and Lorelei ......parents even opposed the introduction of the Education Act in England because it required children to go to school and stopped them being productive to contribute to the family income.
There has been research done on the subject.....two books by the late Alan Brown were published some years ago, Yallop wrote a book about the Honiton lace industry, there are snippets of information in a variety of books about the history of bobbins, I also have a couple of books written by present-day lacemakers about the history of their family, a book about Isaac Newton and William Cowper's time in Olney talks about them writing hymns as a form of lace tell in order to teach the Bible to illiterate lacemakers in the village - I think the evidence is there, but I'd have to dig through the bookshelves to find the exact titles. Ruth(Sydney, Australia) [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 14 August 2012 3:27 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [lace] Two views of lives of lacemakers This is very interesting, two different views of the same thing, and something that I have often wondered about myself. Does anyone know of research that has been done on this subject? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
