tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post5262628717885489700..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Edwardian christmas cracker makingCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-39405701387047429182009-12-19T01:37:40.158+00:002009-12-19T01:37:40.158+00:00A person picks up information from all sorts of pl...A person picks up information from all sorts of places. In the Chris Moyles episode of Who Do You Think You Are, his granny worked in Jacob's Biscuit Factory in Dublin. Like Clarke Nickolls & Coombs, granny's factory seemed a socially responsible workplace for its 3,000+ women workers. I know, for example, they had a doctor and nurse on site for all workers. And some holiday cabins.<br /><br />What made most employers dark, satanic, exploitative mill owners while a few employers managed to look after their workers decently?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-32770082566558607042009-12-18T21:58:09.774+00:002009-12-18T21:58:09.774+00:00I vaguely knew they were invented here, but not th...I vaguely knew they were invented here, but not the name of the inventor or the memorial: I'll have to look that out.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-18048521665813191612009-12-18T17:46:02.611+00:002009-12-18T17:46:02.611+00:00Cool. Did you know crackers were invented in Londo...Cool. Did you know crackers were invented in London - around 1850 - by a Thomas Smith. There's a memorial to him in Finsbury Square, but it doesn't mention crackers.Bixlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841625784306220196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-72188591588730547442009-12-17T21:46:16.948+00:002009-12-17T21:46:16.948+00:00Love it. Aren't those girls quick?Love it. Aren't those girls quick?Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.com