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Subject: Re: [DBY] BELPER Before the Board 1841
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:56:31 EST
Hello ,
In reference to your comment:
è So imagine trying to work clay mixtures for bricks in
è winter! So, a late spring, summer, early autumn
è occupation
Try Digging Clay in mid summer when there as been no rain. I think the brick
making season would have been far easier in Winter when Clay is soaked than
trying to dig baked Clay in Summer
rob
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Subj: [DBY] BELPER Before the Board 1841
Date: 14/03/2003 13:31:40 GMT Standard Time
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Mike said <Never seen the name Saloma before and along come two on one page !
and what and when is the brickmaking season ? >
Hi Mike
Isn't 'Saloma' mispelled 'Salome'? In which case it might be unlucky.....a
certain religious group don't celebrate birthdays on account of Salome's
birth feast and the head of St John arriving on a platter. [Seems to me to be
a big excuse not to send anybody any presents! :)]
Brickmaking season........ usually when there is no frost about. In medieval
times building works on churches and cathedrals etc had to stop in winter and
straw was put on the tops of the unfinished walls to stop the frost from
cracking what had already been built. I should think the cement froze as well
as the workers! So imagine trying to work clay mixtures for bricks in winter!
So, a late spring, summer, early autumn occupation.
Best wishes
Malise
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