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Article The Story of Thomas Gilbert, Lace Dealer of Wycombe
Detailed article about lacemaking in Buckinghamshire especially relating to the Lace Dealer Thomas Gilbert. Thomas was a pre-eminent lace dealer in the Wycombe area in the Victorian era. The article details terminology used in the Lace business and the growth of the Lacemaking business in the Chilterns. Article includes many photographs. It also details the introduction of compulsory education, the Education Act 1870 and 1880, until the age of 10 years and the Factory Act of 1878 banning children working under the age of 10years. This with the rise of Machine lace and cheaper lace patterns sent from abroad the Lace industry died in the early 1900’s
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