[WED]Maternity bag?
Liz Jones
wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:40:00 +0100 (BST)
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Many thanks for this, will get hold of the book and find out more!
Cheers
Liz
Stephen and Susan Baines <suesteph.baines@virgin.net> wrote:
If you read Flora Thompson's "Lark Rise to Candleford", it tells you all about the maternity bag. It contained basic things needed following the birth of a baby. It would be on loan for a given time, by which time things could be procured for the baby (which would have grown out of the smallest things anyway)
When so many babies didn't make is past a few weeks, and people were so hard up, it meant that precious resources weren't used for what could turn out to be a futile purpose.
Susan
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From: Liz Jones
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Subject: [WED]Maternity bag?
Hi everyone!
I was at the Somerset Record Office yesterday looking at the records of what is catalogued as the records of a "?Friendly Society". The names listed are all female and detail the loan of a bag, numbered 1, 2 or 3, which was loaned to the named woman for on average about a month, and then returned. Dates of loan and return are listed, as is the condition the bag was returned in - clean, not clean, etc. There is also a record of monies paid, usually around 2s.The catalogue entry says it is "also used as account book of a maternity club with articles lent for lying-in" - presumably this is the bag referred to. Does anyone know what the bag would have contained?
Many thanks
Liz
www.lizweb.net - Researching Fisher in Wedmore, Denman in North Curry, Thomas in Minehead/Dunster (all are villages in Somerset) and Willsman in Devon)
www.lizweb.net - Researching Fisher in Wedmore, Denman in North Curry, Thomas in Minehead/Dunster (all are villages in Somerset) and Willsman in Devon)
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<DIV>Many thanks for this, will get hold of the book and find out more! </DIV>
<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Liz<BR><BR><B><I>Stephen and Susan Baines <suesteph.baines@virgin.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you read Flora Thompson's "Lark Rise to Candleford", it tells you all about the maternity bag. It contained basic things needed following the birth of a baby. It would be on loan for a given time, by which time things could be procured for the baby (which would have grown out of the smallest things anyway)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When so many babies didn't make is past a few weeks, and people were so hard up, it meant that precious resources weren't used for what could turn out to be a futile purpose.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Susan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dunstergirl@btopenworld.com href="mailto:dunstergirl@btopenworld.com">Liz Jones</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:10 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial>Hi everyone!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial>I was at the Somerset Record Office yesterday looking at the records of what is catalogued as the records of a "?Friendly Society". The names listed are all female and detail the loan of a bag, numbered 1, 2 or 3, which was loaned to the named woman for on average about a month, and then returned. Dates of loan and return are listed, as is the condition the bag was returned in - clean, not clean, etc. There is also a record of monies paid, usually around 2s.The catalogue entry says it is "<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2>also used as account book of a maternity club with articles lent for lying-in" - presumably this is the bag referred to. Does anyone know what the bag would have contained? </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Many thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.lizweb.net/">www.lizweb.net</A> - Researching Fisher in Wedmore, Denman in North Curry, Thomas in Minehead/Dunster (all are villages in Somerset) and Willsman in Devon)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV><A href="http://www.lizweb.net">www.lizweb.net</A> - Researching Fisher in Wedmore, Denman in North Curry, Thomas in Minehead/Dunster (all are villages in Somerset) and Willsman in Devon)</DIV>
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