Well I've pretty much exhausted it for the time being Val, as I seem to have gone as far as I can go on most of my lines, I usually just pay to go, as and when I need.
I see her mother was a match box maker. I wonder if she was employed in the same industry? Glue or gum was used as binding to make the matches, and in constructing the boxes.
Phil
historyhouse.co.uk
Essex - family and local history.
I noticed that it said Glue in feint writing by the enumerator, it might have been horse glue that they used which does harden very quickly, so required pickers to get it collected quickly?
Julie They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
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