THE SILKWEAVERS OF SPITALFIELDS with Robert Nash

Friday 22 Oct 2010, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

This talk will concentrate on the silkweaving industry of the East End of London which flourished in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and in particular on the role of Huguenot refugees and their descendants in that industry.

Robert Nash is Secretary of the Huguenot Society of Australia and editor of the book The Hidden Thread: Huguenot Families in Australia.

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