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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: johnboy on Wednesday 10 June 20 14:06 BST (UK)
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I have a death certificate where the occupation of the next of kin is shown as 'Textile Tatler'. I can't find anything on what this occupation entails. Any ideas?
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It could be tatter, A refuse-gatherer, a rag-collector
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Thanks, could be that, maybe misunderstood by the registrar
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I wonder if it is a corruption of the word Tackler, just as some people say
bokkle for bottle ,so Tackler May have been corrupted to tatler.
A Tackler worked in textile mills ,could do on the spot repairs of machinery so production was not slowed down or stopped.
Operatives were piece workers often and a stopped machine meant loss of pay.
So the Tackler was the man to keep on the right side of .
Have you any information of the industry in which he worked.?
Viktoria.
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Tackler Textile Mill
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Thanks Stan, it seems possible it could be Tackler.
Viktoria.
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Tuner
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I wonder if it is a corruption of the word Tackler, just as some people say
bokkle for bottle ,so Tackler May have been corrupted to tatler.
A Tackler worked in textile mills ,could do on the spot repairs of machinery so production was not slowed down or stopped.
Operatives were piece workers often and a stopped machine meant loss of pay.
So the Tackler was the man to keep on the right side of .
Have you any information of the industry in which he worked.?
Viktoria.
THanks Viktoria, sounds plausable, He worked in a linen mill.
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There were jokes and stories about tacklers.
What occupations did other members of the family have?
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There were jokes and stories about tacklers.
What occupations did other members of the family have?
His father was a blacksmith & pub landlord, brother a painter & decorator.
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Tatting is a handcraft somewhere between crochet and lacemaking. It was often used as an alternative to lace but it isn't as fine and can be starched. Possibly a person who does tatting was known as a tatler? I used to love doing lace crochet but never mastered tatting properly.
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Here is a example
https://www.google.com/search?q=tatting&oq=tatting&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j46j0l2.3936j0j8&client=tablet-android-lenovo&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=hV3i30kkLNcDcM
The wiki linkmon the page shows a drawing of a collar made by tatting
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I have not heard of male tatters, although some fishermen knitted their own” ganseys” or jumpers.
From hard oiled wool.
Yes Maiden Stone ,women had to keep on the right side of tacklers or their looms etc would be out of action for a time thus they lost pay.
Favours ( Er aha - Ahum ) would be expected :o.
Viktoria.