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Some Special Interests => Occupation Interests => Topic started by: dragon266 on Tuesday 02 October 12 09:04 BST (UK)
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Any help would be appreciated have my fathers birth certificate list his father as Sidney Cyril Martin has occupation as tuloe Dresser first word makes no sense to me have tried searching and only come up with Toulouse dresser any suggestions would name of profession of changed or been shortened for certificate. birth certificate from 1946.
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There is a Tube Dresser, who dresses or files the joints of brazed tubes, and corrects minor defects in the tubes on completion of manufacture.
Stan
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Looking at certificate its a 5 letter word definitely starts with t then u looks like a l then o and e tuloe not sure about the l as is different to other l on document just can't think what else can be. on fathers marriage certificate has him as a labourer
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Is it possible to post an image of that part of the certificate?
Stan
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Here is an upload of original document
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Tripe Dresser!
Tripe dressing being the quaint term for the practice of boiling and preparing cattle stomachs for sale as tripe.
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Thank you obviously needed fresh set of eyes not a glamorous occupation. thank you.
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A Tripe Dresser scalds the tripe in hot water, scrapes of the outer skin, boils for three hours, and scrapes of the inner skin; operates a belt-driven circular machine brush which cleanses the tripe in a stream of cold water.
Stan
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Do you know where a tripe dresser would of worked ?
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Most major towns used to have at least one tripe dresser. In Wright's Directory of Nottingham, 1915-16 there are 30 tripe dressers listed. There is actually a National Association of Tripe Dressers which currently has three members.
Stan
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See http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/evancoll/a/zoomify72939.html
Stan