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What are these occupations
« on: Monday 08 February 10 14:08 GMT (UK) »
Hi there

Can anybody help me with what these two occupations might be

Straw Plaitter

Raily Lab

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Re: What are these occupations
« Reply #1 on: Monday 08 February 10 14:10 GMT (UK) »
Raily Lab = Railway Labourer

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Re: What are these occupations
« Reply #2 on: Monday 08 February 10 14:14 GMT (UK) »
hi,

strawplaiter

Makes objects out of straw and woven straw ribbons for use by straw hat makers

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Re: What are these occupations
« Reply #3 on: Monday 08 February 10 14:17 GMT (UK) »
A straw plaiter was literally just that some who plaited straw.  The plaited straw was used to make straw hats and bonnets.  This occupation is thus for example found in the villages close to Luton which was a centre for hat making.

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Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley.
Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse, Stevens, Batchelor
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Re: What are these occupations
« Reply #4 on: Monday 08 February 10 14:17 GMT (UK) »
From "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"; A Straw Plaiter, or straw cutter, wove or plaited by hand and machine, using a splitter fitted with radially set cutters, single strands of straw into various widths, if necessary splitting the straws and cutting them into lengths.


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