Textile Tatler

[johnboy]

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?

[stanmapstone]

It could be tatter, A refuse-gatherer, a rag-collector

[johnboy]

Thanks, could be that, maybe misunderstood by the registrar

[Viktoria]

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.

[stanmapstone]

Tackler Textile Mill 

[Viktoria]

Thanks Stan, it seems possible it could be Tackler.
Viktoria.

[stanmapstone]

Tuner

[johnboy]

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.

[Maiden Stone]

There were jokes and stories about tacklers.
What occupations did other members of the family have?