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'Swift Girls'

silk factory

By Anton Shelton

Quite a few of the mother's family originally came from Great Yarmouth. In the 1851 census two are recorded as being employed as 'swift girls in a silk factory'.

Does anybody have any idea what this job is?

This page was added by Anton Shelton on 05/05/2020.

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Me too! My Great Great grandmother (14) and her elder sister are both listed like that in the 1851 Yarmouth census.

By Amanda Gay
On 22/07/2020

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