Thank you to Sharon, Patricia, Kirsten , Elizabeth and Margaret who made comments and gave information regarding my "Bonnet Sewers" and "Straw Plaiters" in Dunstable. I especially enjoyed Kirsten's quote from Eve, who is very knowledgeable with 'down to earth take,' as always. Also, I recommend Patricia's posted web-site www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/occupations/straw-plait.htm for tons of information on this very important work source in past centuries and particularly, Luton in the nineteenth century. As always, the list folk are an amazing forum of information--everyone gets to help at some time or another, and I am grateful that this time, I was the recipient. I found out a whole lot about the straw hat industry and the many people in Bedfordshire who worked in this field. Many thanks, Chris in Ontario