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From: "Jayne Wright" <>
Subject: RE: [Lon] Beat this for occupations!!
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:26:38 +0100
In-Reply-To: <000301c24f55$db953b40$5f5753ca@mirroong>


Horse hair was also used in plaster - as in the stuff on walls. I used
to live in a house with such stuff!

Jayne
Monmouthshire (but that house was in Kent!)

-----Original Message-----
From: June & Alastair Henderson [mailto:]
Sent: 29 August 2002 08:19
To:
Subject: Re: [Lon] Beat this for occupations!!

I'd be tempted to translate those as Drapery pattern maker and Horse
hair
factory, especially the later as years ago (am I that old!!) horse hair
was
sometimes used in mattresses. regards, June

----- Original Message -----
From: "Annie Newnham" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: [Lon] Beat this for occupations!!


> 1901 census....occupations for a couple of my family:
>
> DRAPPERY PATTERN MONSTER
> and
> HOUSE HAIR FACTORY!!
>
> Beat that!!
>
> Cheers
> Annie (in NZ)
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