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Title: mechanical driller
Post by: ouma on Saturday 01 May 10 15:28 BST (UK)

Could someone please tell me where a mechanical driller would work  and what would he have done?

Thanks Ouma

Title: Re: mechanical driller
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 01 May 10 15:34 BST (UK)

There are many types of  driller, but no "mechanical driller" (there is machine driller) in "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms" Can you please say where you found "mechanical driller" as the location could help  :)
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Stan

Title: Re: mechanical driller
Post by: ouma on Saturday 01 May 10 15:53 BST (UK)

Hi Stan

Thanks for the reply. He was listed on the 1861 census as a mechanical driller and stayed in
Newton - Lancashire Civil Parish Bradford  I think that would be Manchester. Could he have
worked on the mines?

Ouma

Title: Re: mechanical driller
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 01 May 10 17:01 BST (UK)

I thought he could have been a driller in a coal mine using a mechanical hand drilling machine, which is why I asked where he lived.

Stan

Title: Re: mechanical driller
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 01 May 10 22:45 BST (UK)

Although a "mechanical driller" could be anyone who used a drill in their occupation  :)

Stan

Title: Re: mechanical driller Completed
Post by: ouma on Sunday 02 May 10 08:04 BST (UK)

Thanks Stan

Ouma