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ISLE OF MAN DESERTED WOMEN TAKE TO GLOVE MAKING Women boarding house proprietors and employees in Man. the self-gov-erning British island in the Irish Sea, which has lost its lucrative peace-time tourst trade, have found another way of making a living. They are hand-crochetting attractive gloves in wool and cottons, greatly needed in Britain now owing to clothes rationing. Started by a Port Erin lady, Mrs with the co-operation of the Manx Government, the first pairs of gloves were an immediate success on the market. The chief problem was to produce them in sufficient quantities, and Mrs Lowcock overcame this trouble by holding learners' classes. The first of Ihem was attended by onlj T six women; but they liked the work and told their friends. Next week 36 arrived. That was in February 1940. Since then the industry has been so organised that the women can work in their own homes, and to-day at least 370 women are crochetting gloves to meet the ever-increasing demand. Some are working whole time, others in their leisure hours, and all earn very, good money. The gloves themselves vary in design and colours, and have a distinction of hand Avork.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 3
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199NO TOURISTS NOW Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 3
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