General Chat

it was just a thought howie, she was domestic servant, and who knows how many mouths she had to feed bless her, lol

my great gran appears to have been the proverbial good time that was had by all :-)

Julie anne shame on you xxxxx

this has given me a whole new perspective on my g/gran , maybe she was a prostitute

Dee - in the case of some it was deffo the blind leading the blind!!!! She falling about with laughter here

Oh dear, I seem to have caused quite a stir. I'm sure there must have been some legitimate dressmakers on the census returns, so lets just hope they are the ones that are our ancestors Sheila, those blind boys used to get upto all sorts of tricks didn't they ;-))

I noticed last night that Jeremy Paxman's gt gran was listed as a dressmaker and she had illegitimate children????????? Julie xxx

Does a dressmaker, living on own means count......

WEll Dee! its here - a lot of blind boys about teehee

strump ive got a lot of those aswell and seemastresses:( thank god its not hereditary eh? lol

Dee, unless 'lacemaker' is a euphemism, I don't think so...

Mine were nearly all dressmakers, does this mean i had a family full of hookers?? oh ek! Donna

Yes I was born and bred in Rochester. My mum used to take me in the fields with her for hop picking and especially strawberry picking. I used to sit at the side of the field playing with the other pre school kids. Strange as I grew up eating strawberrys then just a couple of years ago had an allergic reaction to one and had to get a doctor out to me. Gloria

Hi Gloria I think you will find that Lynda's family went hop picking as well. Did your family used to come to Kent? We have several brilliant hopping exhibits round here if you are interested in more information. There are also some brilliant books which have the reminiscences of hop pickers, I have a couple of them. Lynda and I are going to a lecture on hopping next month, it should, I hope, be interesting Dee xx

hey leave the hop pickers out of it!!! I used to go hop picking with my mum Gloria

Good job my Great Great Aunt was around to keep these girls on the straight and narrow. She was a nun at the Sisters Of Mercy in Spitalfields. Deb

Prostitute - is that when they all live in work-houses? Happy days.

Lynda Don't reckon they would have gone hop picking would they? There weren't many men hopping in Kent All the 'good time' girls would have stayed back in London - looking after the husbands Dee ;-))

a slighty worn one for £3.99 lol sounds a bit like the ladies dont it lol

Sheila, can't find her btw - it is cheaper on Amazone that it was at Tesco ;-((