Glover
Lavinia Stribblehill worked as a Glover.
Glove making was a cottage industry with many women working to supplement the family income. Gloves were dispatched in bundles to the cottage workers homes
Mary Howse of Leafield quoted in an interview with Pamela Horn on 12th May 1988 said, "one of the cottages within the village of Leafield served as a depot. Here a "Bag woman" received a bundle of cut skins each week via the carrier, and these were taken in dozens to the out-workers, to stitch and complete in their own homes. She stored finished articles and distributed new orders. She personally was responsible for the distribution to the village gloveresses and wielded great power as she chose who got work. " It is certain that when contracts were small, difficult decisions as to who got the work had to be made. In the times before Social Security and with inadequate "Poor funds" no work meant no food, especially if the farm labourer had been laid off through lack of work or bad weather. This practice continued into the early 20th century.
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