Henry
Wane born 1863
Draper's
apprentice
Church Street
- Picture from the SWOP
website
- Reference number BFP
: 03085
On
every
Wycombe corner
A
draper's
shop-front stood,
And
every
Wycombe woman
Would
enter
if she could
To
sift
through silks and linens
For tablecloths and hose,
For
ribbons, lace and buttons
To sew upon her clothes.
Maids
went with saved up wages
To
select
new lengths of cloth
To
replace
their worn out garments
Destroyed
by mud or moth,
It was, of course, the habit
To make
your dress or blouse,
But
those
who had no savings
Would
simply go to browse.
But if you
had the money
Then a dressmaker was found
And just
like all the tailors,
There were plenty here around,
The Luttmans and the Janes's
Both had daughters who could sew
And their busy little business
Used the drapers' shops below.
Henry
Wane was the youngest son of Isaac and Eliza Wane of Barmoor and
Red Barn Farm. He moved to London and continued in the hosiery trade.
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