Rural Occupations
Lace Makers
If you have ancestors from Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire then some of them would probably have been lace makers.These children and women look romantic in their country setting but the interiors of the cottages were damp, dark and overcrowded , many of them died young from tuberculosis.The light was better outside .
They were paid a pittance for the very hard work needed to produce pillow lace but it was the difference between the family having a living wage and extreme poverty, their husbands and fathers were mainly agricultural labourers.At least you were excused chores such as potato picking as your hands had to be kept soft to handle the lace.
Lace Makers
If you have ancestors from Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire then some of them would probably have been lace makers.These children and women look romantic in their country setting but the interiors of the cottages were damp, dark and overcrowded , many of them died young from tuberculosis.The light was better outside .
They were paid a pittance for the very hard work needed to produce pillow lace but it was the difference between the family having a living wage and extreme poverty, their husbands and fathers were mainly agricultural labourers.At least you were excused chores such as potato picking as your hands had to be kept soft to handle the lace.
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