Milliners
by SLHS on
Saturday 30 July 2016
Millinery is the art of hat making. Almost everyone in the past would have worn a hat at some time, to the flat caps often worn by colliery workers to the fancy ladies hats worn in church.
Although the milliner as died out in Somercotes, it was a small flourishing trade in the past, as can be seen from the lists below.
| MILLINERS LISTED IN 1876: | |
| BATT, Charlotte | Somercotes (Charlotte was also listed as a dressmaker) |
| BURGIN, Ann | Somercotes (Ann was also listed as a draper and dressmaker) |
| GREASLEY, Elizabeth | Greenhill Lane (Elizabeth was also listed as a dressmaker) |
| KERRY, Ann | Somercotes |
| TRUMAN, Thomas | Seely Terrace, Somercotes (Thomas was also listed as a draper) |
| MILLINERS LISTED IN 1908: | |
| BETTISON, L. Mrs | Somercotes |
| MILLINERS LISTED IN 1916: | |
| BETTISON, Mrs S. & Miss N. | Somercotes |
| LANGTON, Sarah Selina | Somercotes |
| MILLINERS LISTED IN 1925: | |
| BETTISON, Mrs S. | Somercotes |
| LANGTON, Sarah Selins | Somercotes |
| WALTERS, Annie | Pye Bridge |
| MILLINERS LISTED IN 1932: | |
| BETTISON, Claire A. | Somercotes |
| LANGTON, Sarah Selins | Leabrooks Road, Somercotes |