There were 66 straw plaiters in Orphir in the #1841Census. In contrast, I found none at all in my #OnePlaceStudy, North Walls and Brims, #Orkney, but plenty of stocking knitters; none in the rest of the parish either. A difference between mainland and insular Orkney maybe? @fionaorkneynews @geneadons @orkney

A grand little video about the #StrawPlaiting industry in #Orkney from @fionaorkneynews My x3 great grandmother and her two daughters, one my x2 great grandmother then aged 13, were all straw plaiters in the #1841Census in Orphir, Orkney. #Genealogy #Geneadons #Scotland @geneadons @orkney https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/09/09/orkneys-19thc-straw-bonnet-industry-stromness-doorsopendays/