I was born and brought up in Luton during the 50s and hat making was a
fairly big industry at that time.
My Mum did some piece work in some of my childhood years.
We took my mum for a trip around the museum a couple of years ago, firstly
on the ground floor to see the lace and then upstairs to see the straw hats
and other interesting things.
My brother in law was a big time Luton Town Football (The Hatters) supporter
when he got married in the early 70's and was given a straw boater as a gift
from the club.
Sue T
now in Dorset UK
I think they made hats.
At the Luton Museum, which I visited for lace purposes, there was an awful
lot about straw plaiting and the hat industry. In fact, I got the feeling
that people might move between lace making and straw plaiting depending on
what was "hot".
Devon
In a message dated 3/13/2013 9:48:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dccoll...@ncable.net.au writes:
Dear Friends,
I'm currently doing some family history research for one of us, and
find that IF her female relatives were not Lace Makers, then they
were Straw Plaiters.
Can someone please tell me exactly what they produced? Some of these
were as young as 5 and 7 years of age on the censuses!!
I'm sure it wasn't all macrame hanging baskets!!
David in Ballarat, AUS
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