The problem is that the time spent turning or whittling bobbins was very much less than the time spent using them. Then, as now, bobbins could be passed on for generations and still be functional.
By the 1920s lacemaking was a dying skill but in the mid 19th century a lot of the female population in that area listed their occupation as making lace but their bobbins would probably have been by family members as a sideline, and who would have listed their occupation as farm worker (Ag Lab) or fisherman or whatever. Brenda > May of you will know that we have nothing more than two names that were > recorded by Gertude Whiting as being maker of Honiton lace bobbins. They > are Mr Miller and Mr Goode. They appear both to be Beer residents, though > it is possible that Mr Millers mother married again (??) I am guessing the > Gertrude Whiting visited in the 1920s. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
