Show sh slice deckle the manufacture of buckles contributed largely to the employment of i warwick shire and staffordshire ingenuity during g the last century in 1781 all gentlemen ol 01 tone ported on their shoes a it large largi aquaro buckle plated with silver sliver and anti AS the tile ladies adopted dop ted the reigning basti taste it was difficult as the thi historian of bar remarks to discover their beautiful little feet beet covered with an enormous shield of buckle and men wondered to sea see the active motion under the massive ma asive load the massive load goon soon after this became unsupportable for both sexes Stirl sigi came cam 0 into fashion and consequently A larna larg class of ingenious InKen lous artisans were were co con 14 belled pelted to tha the loss of their usual employment 0 f in 1791 a d deputation e of master buckle makers from the towns of birmingham walsall and wolverhampton Wolver hampton obtained au a audience of the prince of wales afterward george geoge IV at carlton carl ton house where they pr belted a petition setting forth the dis tm tress ed sd situation of thousands who ba had been engaged in the different departments depart menti of buckle making consequent upon the fA sillon which was then prevalent of wearing strings th prince promised I 1 not only to wear buckles ou on bi is own 1 lio butto order the members of bl household i d to do the ti a eave same hut butth the commands com minas bf f royalty r were e nag nugatory atory alen ali en OPP opposed ser 13 U the mandates of fa fashion hion sydney |