"Dig finds evidence of POW camp" Topic
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79thPA  | 28 Oct 2022 6:34 a.m. PST |
It will be interesting to see what comes of this. link |
 Parzival | 28 Oct 2022 7:56 a.m. PST |
Interesting article. I was struck by the final sentence describing a number of needles and straight pins found at the site which "may have been used by the prisoners to make lace." "Lace"??? Why would POWs make lace? I certainly can't imagine a necessity for it. Was making lace a common way to alleviate boredom in the 18th century? Did they make the lace to sell or trade with or through their guards? Or did they just want to feel pretty?
It would seem there's an explanation missing… |
| Straw Plaiter | 28 Oct 2022 8:08 a.m. PST |
Lace making was well paid work so I'm not surprised that POW's would do it in exchange for food etc. My home town, famous for hat production, also produced lace for those hats as well for dresses link Ladies earnt more from sewing than the men did from hat blocking and other manual jobs. |
| 42flanker | 28 Oct 2022 10:38 a.m. PST |
Buttonhole lace was made of woven cloth and stitched detail. It's worth bearing in mind that there were asizeable number of women interned with the soldiers. |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
