Subject: Re: Occupations of long ago (or was it only yeaterday?) Resent- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 01:05:55 -0800 (PST)Resent- From: OHIO-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 09:10:49 +0000 From: emb4@tutor.open.ac.uk (Eddie Bennett) To: OHIO-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com 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 - It was a skilled job in the tin plate process. Rigger Saddler Thatcher - still a few of those are around Tinker Victualer
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