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my gtgtgtgt grandmother was one! In the Parish records it states for my gtgtgt grandmother and her siblings daughter/son of common prositute. End of my research for that line I think!! lol Kim

Hi Dee, Your book sounds very interesting. Could you possibly look at your book for the ISBN number - it will be on the front inside cover or back inside cover or even on the back of the book itself. This will make it a lot easier to order from any bookshop (I don't live near a Tesco's) especially if it's a backdated one. Many thanks Kim

Hi Kim ISBN 0 - 7524 - 3546 - 9 Dee x

Just ordered it from Amazon :-) Dea - is there an Anne Vane mentioned ????

i have one that is described as a paramore!! whatever that is lol susie

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

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

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 ;-))

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ;-))