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Occupation Query
« on: Wednesday 02 August 17 17:51 BST (UK) »
Same profession for both people - any idea what it is?

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Re: Occupation Query
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 02 August 17 17:53 BST (UK) »
Both fathers?  - Fireman

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Re: Occupation Query
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 02 August 17 17:55 BST (UK) »
Yes, I thought Fireman too - before I read Kay's answer.

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bedfordshire - farr, carver,handley, godfrey, newell, bird, emmerton, underwood,ancell
buckinghamshire- pain
cambridgeshire- bird, carver
hertfordshire- conisbee, bean, saunders, quick,godfrey
derbyshire- allsop, noon
devon - griffin, love, rapsey
dorset- rendall, gale
somerset- rendall, churchill
surrey/middlesex - douglas, conisbee, childs, lyon groombridge

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Re: Occupation Query
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 02 August 17 18:11 BST (UK) »
I imagine it's possible that

Fireman = Stoker

(rather than putter-out of fires)
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Re: Occupation Query
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 02 August 17 18:16 BST (UK) »
I wondered if that was what it was  - thanks all

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Re: Occupation Query
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 02 August 17 19:14 BST (UK) »
I imagine it's possible that

Fireman = Stoker

(rather than putter-out of fires)

In the "Dictionary of Occupational Terms" there are 78 different categories of 'fireman'  ;D

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