RobMCFC
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Turnip shepherd - Do you need a border collie for that job?
Grape-dryer sounds interesting.
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1801 census job titles
- Thread starter Dogtanian
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Grape-dryer sounds interesting.
The t
the title now is reserved for milkmen.Knocker-uppers have been discussed on here a few times. My aunt and uncle lived in Bradford, pretty much where the Etihad is now, and their street had a knocker-upper well into the 60s.
Citizen of Legoland
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We probably would have been better off signing a few fruit boilers back in the eighties to be fair.I wouldn't be surprised if half of them are misheard by the census bloke. A lot of people were Scottish and Irish migrants probably with thick barely understandable accents.
There is a famous story of Matt Busby being put down as a fruit boiler in one census because the census bloke misheard him. A mate of mine printed out a copy of the page when he worked at Central Library confirming the story to be true.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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What about the knocker up of the knocker up of workpeople?Knocker up of workpeople. Sounds like a job for @Thorin Oakenshield that one.
Tuearts right boot
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I gave a guy who worked for me the title of ' Vehicular logistics technician '.
Gabriel
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Employed with head off!
Doubt that could be an abbreviation for office so what on earth could that have entailed.
Doubt that could be an abbreviation for office so what on earth could that have entailed.
Dirty Harry
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Is that like an early version of IVF or something, or am I barking up the wrong tree ?Knocker-uppers have been discussed on here a few times. My aunt and uncle lived in Bradford, pretty much where the Etihad is now, and their street had a knocker-upper well into the 60s.
RobMCFC
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He has to get up 10 minutes before he goes to bed.What about the knocker up of the knocker up of workpeople?
-dabz-
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There was certainly a few jammy bastards pulling on the shirt, I'll say that much...We probably would have been better off signing a few fruit boilers back in the eighties to be fair.