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Title: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Paul E on Tuesday 14 June 05 07:38 BST (UK)
Wonder if anyone can work out what this occupation is (from 1901).

Thanks

Paul
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Arranroots on Tuesday 14 June 05 07:45 BST (UK)
In view of the fact that the occupation of the person above is "soap packer", I'm going to venture the opinion that this a whale-processing operation - and not a student campus!!  :o

Arranroots  ;)

p.s. was it a big family?  ;D
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: suey on Tuesday 14 June 05 08:32 BST (UK)

Lol - Trust Paul to find this  ::)  I take it he's not actually one of your rellies Paul ?
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Paul E on Tuesday 14 June 05 09:03 BST (UK)
Arranroots - I'll have to find out how they processed whales in the Wirral (must be at Port Sunlight) :)

He's living in the household of a friend's descendents, Suey ... and one of the other occupations in the household is Card Box Maker.

I just hope... :o

Paul
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Arranroots on Tuesday 14 June 05 09:37 BST (UK)
Found this on a vegetarian site:

AMBERGRIS
: From sperm whale intestines. Used as a fixative in perfumes and as a flavoring in foods and beverages.  :P

There's this:

http://www.unilever.com/ourcompany/aboutunilever/history/1910s.asp

and the boxes were for putting the sunlight soap in - weren't they??  ???  :o  ;D
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Gaye on Tuesday 14 June 05 09:45 BST (UK)
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

is it Serlitz powder packer?

I had one of those...and had to ask...
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: jake on Tuesday 14 June 05 12:42 BST (UK)
looks like spring packer to me paul
                       jake
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Gaye on Tuesday 14 June 05 18:06 BST (UK)
LOL
perhaps this person wrote the Monty Ptython
Meaning of Life script?
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Su on Tuesday 14 June 05 18:49 BST (UK)
Once he'd packed it, did he Bank it ?  ;D ;D ;D

Su
Title: Re: Can anyone hazard a guess?
Post by: Gaye on Wednesday 15 June 05 00:27 BST (UK)

deposits and withdrawals...the mind boggles Su