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Daughters of Lace

Mary, 1941 - Chapter 1

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Aug 04, 2024
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WAAF personnel repairing and packing parachutes at an RAF glider station, Britain, 31 May 1944

The Lace-makers: A Versatile Skill

During the Second World War, machinists and others who worked in the lace factories were deployed to areas around England to help manufacture parachutes. The lace-makers’ skills in cutting, sewing and finishing curtains were now used to fashion reams of silk, later nylon, into the umbrella-like chutes that would drop me…

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