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From: "Rodney Hall" <>
Subject: Re: Occupations of long ago (or was it only yeaterday?)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 21:58:31 -0800


Along the same line: It took me forever to find out that a Cordwainer is a
person that works with leather (basically a boot maker but they made other
stuff too)
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From: Eddie Bennett <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: Occupations of long ago (or was it only yeaterday?)

>Jim McLefresh gives a very good list of occupations. I have been wondering
>what a clicker was since finding one in the census the other day. In
>England at least, some of the terms on Jim's list are still in use. The
>ones I see in this category are:-
>
>Artificer - still used in the Royal Navy and possibly the army, I think.
>Brazier
>Chandler - boat and ship suppliers call themselves chandlers
>Docker, Stevedore
>Dowser
>Draper - but not as Jim says 'dealer in dry goods' but a retailer of cloth
>or articles made of cloth.
>Drayman - some of our breweries still deliver by horse dray. A great sight
>but frustrating for drivers in parts of London
>Farrier
>Glazier
>Journeyman
>Joiner
>Leech - we definitely have these, but a lot of them are lawyers ;~)
>Maltster
>Mason - come on, you must still have these
>Plumber - what do you call people who fix leaks and install water systems
>over there ?
>Porter
>Puddler - my wife's Gt grandfather was one of these. It was a skilled job
>in the tin plate process. He emigrated to the USA in 1895.. His name was
>James Vaughan. anyone seen him ?
>Rigger
>Saddler
>Thatcher - still a few of thosea around
>Tinker
>Victualer
>
>Eddie Bennett
>Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK
>
>Researching BENNETT & FINCH in Middlesex/London (Chelsea & Bethnal Green),
>DETTMAR & THOMAS in East London, VAUGHAN in South Wales & USA, HIGHMORE in
>Cumberland, Dorset, Somerset & anywhere.
>
>Supporting the Campaign for Easier and Cheaper Access
>to Older Civil Registration Records in England:
>http://parchment.com/genealogy/pages/campaign/
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>
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