Patti, for sure, confirmed by two second cousins who actually either saw them making ropes or was told first hand that this is what the did to make ends meet during the depression, both my own grandmother and her sister-in law. Not so sure about the nooses bit however, it might have been a bit humour on her part! This was 30 years after the last census of 1901. Cheers Bob in Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Salter" <ps015p6402@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [HRT] Ropeworks at Dobbs Weir? Hi Bob Are you sure she was a ropemaker, I thought I had a couple of ropemakers in Hertfordshire from one census, but then in the later censuses it turned out to be rake makers! Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Campbell" <rcampbell3@optusnet.com.au> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:17 PM Subject: [HRT] Ropeworks at Dobbs Weir? > Hi, > I just discovered my old gran used to make ropes in her back yard, story > says also "hangmans nooses" for a rope making company located at or near > Dobbs Weir on the river Lea? not far from the Fish and Eels public house. > Can anyone tell me any more information about this industry that went on > near Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire? > cheers > Bob in Brisbane > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Hertfordshire FHS: > http://www.btinternet.com/~hfphs/index.htm > > ______________________________ __________ NOD32 1.1203 (20050827) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. part000.txt - file is not an archive http://www.eset.com

I like the bit about rope makers making ends meet :-)) Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Campbell" <rcampbell3@optusnet.com.au> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [HRT] Ropeworks at Dobbs Weir? > Patti, > for sure, confirmed by two second cousins who actually either saw them > making ropes or was told first hand that this is what the did to make ends > meet during the depression, both my own grandmother and her sister-in law. > Not so sure about the nooses bit however, it might have been a bit humour > on > her part! > This was 30 years after the last census of 1901. > Cheers > Bob > in Brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Salter" <ps015p6402@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:25 PM > Subject: Re: [HRT] Ropeworks at Dobbs Weir? > > > Hi Bob > Are you sure she was a ropemaker, I thought I had a couple of ropemakers > in > Hertfordshire from one census, but then in the later censuses it turned > out > to be rake makers! > Patti > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Campbell" <rcampbell3@optusnet.com.au> > To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:17 PM > Subject: [HRT] Ropeworks at Dobbs Weir? > > >> Hi, >> I just discovered my old gran used to make ropes in her back yard, story >> says also "hangmans nooses" for a rope making company located at or near >> Dobbs Weir on the river Lea? not far from the Fish and Eels public house. >> Can anyone tell me any more information about this industry that went on >> near Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire? >> cheers >> Bob in Brisbane >> >> >> ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== >> Hertfordshire FHS: >> http://www.btinternet.com/~hfphs/index.htm >> >> > > ______________________________ > > __________ NOD32 1.1203 (20050827) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > part000.txt - file is not an archive > > http://www.eset.com > > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > To POST a message to this list use the address: > > eng-hertfordshire-l@rootsweb.com > > 2) To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. > receiving > the messages individually or want them individually) or > > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. > receiving a digest of multiple messages or want this mode) > > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe > or unsubscribe. > >