Past jobs and industries...

[SussexFamily]

I’ll kick off...

The weekly coal delivery ... they would empty their sacks in your bunker... the coal man was hacky black but boy could he throw a bag of coal around ...

Over to you...

[ILoveDaveLamb]

The Pop Man and the man from the Pru calling to collect insurance money.

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by ILoveDaveLamb

The Pop Man and the man from the Pru calling to collect insurance money.

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Did you hide behind the settee when the man from the Lru called?😉

[Omega1]

My great aunt was a fustian weaver and my great uncle was a tenterman.

[Guest]

Early 1960’s everything seemed to come to the street. Fruit and veg, fish, pop, paraffin. And if you wanted to get rid of anything then rag and bone man took it in exchange for lollipops.

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by Omega1

My great aunt was a fustian weaver and my great uncle was a tenterman.

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Can you expand on those professions?

[Rac20]

Walked past a cobblers today and I asked DH whether he thought people still use them.🤔

[ILoveDaveLamb]

Originally Posted by SussexFamily

Did you hide behind the settee when the man from the Lru called?😉

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No. He made a bit of an impression on 6-8 year old self. Had nice Brylcremed hair and was v chatty. Probably long dead now, God love him.

[Omega1]

Originally Posted by SussexFamily

Can you expand on those professions?

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Fustian weaver - fustian is a kind of coarse cloth, popular for prison clothing I believe.
Tenterman - he stretched newly dyed cloth over a frame called a tenter to dry. The hooks on the frame were tenterhooks - hence the saying.

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by Omega1

Fustian weaver - fustian is a kind of coarse cloth, popular for prison clothing I believe.
Tenterman - he stretched newly dyed cloth over a frame called a tenter to dry. The hooks on the frame were tenterhooks - hence the saying.

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Another learning day... thank you.