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Title: Occupation ?
Post by: Yvonne Donnellon on Thursday 06 January 22 09:21 GMT (UK)

Hi

Can anyone tell me what the word after scale is?  This lady's father was a fish hawker so is it something to do with removing scales?

Title: Re: Occupation ?
Post by: GrahamSimons on Thursday 06 January 22 09:22 GMT (UK)

repairer?

Title: Re: Occupation ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 06 January 22 09:29 GMT (UK)

I thought Repairer but not sure about the p. I can't think of anything else that looks like that though.

Title: Re: Occupation ?
Post by: tonepad on Thursday 06 January 22 09:55 GMT (UK)

Maybe it is supposed to read Scale Preparer - preparation of fish.


Tony

Title: Re: Occupation ?
Post by: goldie61 on Thursday 06 January 22 09:56 GMT (UK)

Quote from: Gadget on Thursday 06 January 22 09:29 GMT (UK)

I thought Repairer but not sure about the p. I can't think of anything else that looks like that though.

Is there another 'p' on the page?

Title: Re: Occupation ?
Post by: arthurk on Thursday 06 January 22 14:03 GMT (UK)

I think it's Scale(s?) Repairer, as in weighing scales.

You haven't said which census this is from, but I see the enumerator has given it the occupational code 260, which happens to be the one used in 1921 for repairers of weighing scales:

http://doot.spub.co.uk/code.php?value=260

Title: Re: Occupation ?
Post by: Yvonne Donnellon on Thursday 06 January 22 15:48 GMT (UK)

Quote from: arthurk on Thursday 06 January 22 14:03 GMT (UK)

I think it's Scale(s?) Repairer, as in weighing scales.

You haven't said which census this is from, but I see the enumerator has given it the occupational code 260, which happens to be the one used in 1921 for repairers of weighing scales:

http://doot.spub.co.uk/code.php?value=260

Yes, it's the 1921 census, thank you!