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Offline cardiff Irish

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« on: Monday 18 April 05 21:09 BST (UK) »
While looking through a village census I came across the following occupation - Road scavenger.....It's not as depressing as it sounds.

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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 03 May 05 22:39 BST (UK) »
Well I've just found someone in Norwich who was a 'Feather Cleaner'.

Talk about a ticklish job....

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Jordin, Cooper, Hobbs, Hardwick, Crotch, Carver, Taylor

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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 03 May 05 23:17 BST (UK) »
How about an ale conner!

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Notts: Burrows, Comery, Foster, Beeson.
Derbys: Burrows, Comery, Smith  Lincs: King. 

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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 18 May 05 22:56 BST (UK) »
From 1861, a patient at the Royal Free Hospital in London, with an occupation of 'Unfortunate'  :(

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« Reply #4 on: Thursday 19 May 05 00:40 BST (UK) »
Cardiff Irish,

And the hundred uses for a squashed hedgehog are...?

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Linberry, Chatfield, Faulkner, West in West Sussex<br />Towell, in Shoreditch and Exeter<br />Spurling from Norfolk<br />Bateson from Norfolk<br />Snell, Lorkin, Norman from Suffolk<br />O'Boyle/Boyle from Donegal<br />Murray, McCann, Gunn from Sutherland<br />Davis, Bute from Woolwich<br /><br />Census information contained in this post is Crown copyright:  www.NationalArchives.gov.uk

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 29 May 08 22:41 BST (UK) »
Just found this one that made me chuckle

'Electrical Bath Attendant'

RG13/4055 Folio 61 Page 26

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Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and is for academic and non-commercial research purposes only<br /><br />Researching: Hilton (Wolverhampton & Tamworth) , Simkiss & Mears (Wolverhampton & ?) Bowkett & Nash (Ledbury & Wolverhampton) Knight & Beard (Gloucestershire), Colley (Tibberton) Hoggins (Willenhall) Jones (Bilston), Harris & Bourne (Droitwich) Matthews (Wolverhampton & High Offley) Partridge (Monmouthshire)<br /><br /
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