The Ghosts and Smugglers of East Devon. An Essay
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A short 2010 essay by Brian Lemin that retells East Devon folk tales about lace makers in Branscombe and Beer, drawing on an old book on Devon lace. It covers payment of lace makers by the truck system, ghost stories from the dark lanes on the walk home from pay day, and the smuggling of lace by Jack Rattenbury's crew. The author ties the stories to two East Devon lace bobbins in his collection that he labels "Ghosts", shown in a photograph of decorated bobbins dated 1870.
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- Web Doc
- Date
- 2010
- Language
- English
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- 3
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