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General Occupations
'Beachmen' in Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk (seem to be Salvagers)
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Blacksmiths and Blacksmithing
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Coal Whipper.
Census Enumerator
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Jack of all Trades
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Lighthouse Personnel
Marine store dealer "second Hand Shop owner"
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Night Soil Man
Parish Clerk
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Railwaymen
Rope Spinner
Sugar Boiler
General Occupations
The VictorianWeb. A wealth of information, photographs etc on Victorian times and occupations.
....................'Beachmen' in Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk (seem to be Salvagers)
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Blacksmiths and Blacksmithing
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Coal Whipper.
Picture from 1887 The whippers brought the coal up from below deck using a pulley system. The coal was then swung onto the quay or into a lighter. Coal was brought to London by colliers from the north of England. I also found a 1843 Parliamentary bill about them in Hansard
..............................Census Enumerator
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Jack of all Trades
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Lighthouse Personnel
in England, Wales and The Channel Islands, c1790-1911
.............................Marine store dealer "second Hand Shop owner"
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Night Soil Man
A Life of Waste The work of a Night Soil Man or Nightman was perhaps one of the worst jobs imaginable: emptying a cesspit. Proceed to what this occupation entailed with caution!
.................Parish Clerk
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Railwaymen
Railway Ancestors is a small, basic website that offers a service for researchers whose ancestors worked on the railways in the UK, Ireland and British railway workers oversea.
National Railway Museum - this area is called ...wait for it...The Search Engine!
.................................Rope Spinner
Images for Rope Spinning and this document of instructions.
.......................................Sugar Boiler
- occupation on 1911 census
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