Old Trades of Dunstable. Vol 5. Straw hats and bonnets
Details:
- Author(s) Curran, Joan
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2003
- Pages 81pp; illus
- Publisher Book Castle
- Place Published Dunstable
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Library:
- Name Bedford Central Library
- City Bedford
- County Bedfordshire
- Country England
- Postcode MK40 1PG
- Visit Bedford Central Library's website
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Notes:
History of the hat making industry [not straw plaiting] at Dunstable from the late 18th to the early 20th century. In two parts: 1] 'Story of the industry, 1785-1931' - from cottage to factory / prosperity / decline; 2] 'Families, firms and factories' being profiles of 13 major firms: Bennetts / Benjamin Bennett; Elliotts / William Elliott / Elliott & Son; Crown Hat Factory / William Milligan / Alfred Warren; Taylor Brothers of London; Coopers / John Cooper; Waterfields; Woolley, Sanders & Co; Jardines / James Jardine; Collings / Thomas Collings; Albion Buildings; Maunt & Brown; Eliza Osborne; Blackwells; Stuart & Sons