The rag trade : the people who made our clothes

Inder, Pam2017

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Rebecca Thomas convicted for running a sweat shop in the Promenade, Cheltenham under the 1867 Workshop Regulation Act. Edward Brydges appointed Clerk to the Cheltenham Borough Council. Chapter entitled, "One Good Example', Rebecca Thomas (c. 1830 - 1902), Chelenham. pp47 - 62.This work is about people who worked in the rag trade in the nineteenth century - dressmakers and milliners, tailors, a shoemaker, a framework knitter, a lace maker and a pattern maker. It deals with the trades and their products, but also with the day-to-day lives of the protagonists, both at work and at home.