1939 register entry - occupation?

[ValJJJ]

Hello

Please could you help with deciphering this occupation?  I've attached a snippet with the top entry of interest.  I can't decide what the first line says, but the second part says managing director.  Of what?

Thanks.
Val

[Skoosh]

Store fitter & builder?

Skoosh.

[JenB]

Yes, agree with Skoosh 

[ValJJJ]

Ah, thanks, I could see store and perhaps builder, but couldn't work out the other word.

The whole page, if you wanted to see a bigger sample of handwriting is here on FindMyPast
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FR39%2F0902%2F0902J%2F014&parentid=TNA%2FR39%2F0902%2F0902J%2F014%2F32

[Colin Cruddace]

I see it as slate fitter and builder.

Colin

[goldie61]

I see it as slate fitter and builder.

Colin

If you look on the next line, it clearly says 'Domestic Duties'.
You can see very easily here that this writer doesn't cross his 't's as you would normally across the upstroke, but that that the 'cross bar' follows a little way ahead.
The same thing has happened on the first word of the occupation above, so the second letter is the uncrossed 't'. Making it 'store'.
That's why it's always helpful to have some more writing around the word or words that are causing a problem, so that you can see how that particular person formed their letters.

[Colin Cruddace]

I see it as slate fitter and builder.

Colin

If you look on the next line, it clearly says 'Domestic Duties'.
You can see very easily here that this writer doesn't cross his 't's as you would normally across the upstroke, but that that the 'cross bar' follows a little way ahead.
The same thing has happened on the first word of the occupation above, so the second letter is the uncrossed 't'. Making it 'store'.
That's why it's always helpful to have some more writing around the word or words that are causing a problem, so that you can see how that particular person formed their letters.

Yes, I agree. Also the way he forms the lowercase 'L' has a definite loop so definitely not slate, but that is what I first read it as. Sorry for the distraction.

Colin