ABSTRACT
The following two chapters will examine the informal trade in clothing, where clothing changed hands without the need for cash, usually outside the boundaries of shops and typically carried out by people not professionally connected to the clothing trade. This chapter will first examine how informal exchange of clothing could be part of the economy of makeshifts, before turning to look briefly at the illicit trade in clothing. The main section will investigate Poor Law provision in various urban and rural localities, concluding with a discussion on workhouse clothing. Clothing charities will be considered in Chapter 5.
