From: charlesellson@btinternet.com   
      
   On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 05:05:01 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 at 15:46:20, Jenny M Benson    
   >wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):   
   >>I have frequently come across both Bootmakers and Shoemakers (and maybe   
   >>sometimes the different words describing the same person) but to-day,   
   >>in the 1881 Census, I found a man who described himself as a Shoemaker   
   >>and his wife as a Boot Binder.  It made me wonder whether shoes do not   
   >>also have to be bound - whatever the process may be.   
   >>   
   >Lots of fascinating discussion - but could she just be a book binder?   
   >   
   Looking at what the neighbours or other family members are doing can   
   often give some hints.   
      
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