A short film about the straw bonnet industry in Orkney. This film was made for Doors Open Days and features Stromness
Orkney’s 19thC Straw Bonnet Industry (Stromness) #DoorsOpenDays
The Kirkwall Streets Where The Strawplaiters Lived
In the 1841 census the oldest woman working at plaiting straw was 75 year old Catherine Wilson of Wellington Street.
The 19th Century Stronsay Strawplaiters
Throughout the first half of the 19th Century, the strawplaiting industry employed thousands of women in Orkney.
