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From: "Alec STEVENS" <>
Subject: Re: My favourite 1901 occupations
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:24:29 +0100
References: <B9DF910F.1020%r.s.aylett@salford.ac.uk>


Over Looker Cordell Factory ?a what factory - in Kent - Possibly a Cordite
Factory
Hard Man On Farm in Kent - OK, a head man? OR Herd Man
Bur House Keeper London - beer house? OR Bath House
Castle Soap Worker In Cambridge - in a castle? Possibly
Castile Soap
Alec






----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Aylett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 12:23 AM
Subject: My favourite 1901 occupations


> Apologies for those who find this a bit frivolous, but here are my
favourite
> occupations from various Ayletts in the 1901 census. If anyone can
identify
> the ones that have me foxed, please let me know...
>
> Over Looker Cordell Factory ?a what factory - in Kent
> Car Marker Arsenal Fire in Plumstead
> Hard Man On Farm in Kent - OK, a head man?
> Railway Ticket Printer in Willesden - _only_ railway tickets?
> Amunition Maker Fire Plumstead - sounds explosive
> Bur House Keeper London - beer house?
> Horsemaid & Chemical Factory In West Ham - a 28 yr old bloke
> Tuber Gt En Railway Plumstead yet again
> Horse Cliffer Bishop's Stortford
> Gas Pumfication Battersea - purification?
> Castle Soap Worker In Cambridge - in a castle?
>
> Ruth
> --
> Ruth Aylett Professor of Intelligent Virtual Environments
> Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University of Salford
> Salford, M5 4WT, UK Tel: 44-161-295 2912 Fax: 44-161-295-2925
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