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Title: What does this profession say?
Post by: Chris Anderson on Friday 08 September 17 23:04 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: caro-dee on Friday 08 September 17 23:09 BST (UK)
At first sight looks like Tobacco Spinners Apprentice????  A new one on me!
Caro
Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: sallyyorks on Friday 08 September 17 23:16 BST (UK)
Some kind of textiles? spinner.
What location is it ?
Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: DavidJP on Friday 08 September 17 23:21 BST (UK)
Hi,

I also see 'Tobacco Spinners Apprentice'.

From my old occupations book:

A Tobacco Spinner is the same as a Tobacco Roller = a Cigar Maker.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards

David
Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: Chris Anderson on Friday 08 September 17 23:22 BST (UK)
Quote from: sallyyorks on Friday 08 September 17 23:16 BST (UK)
Some kind of textiles? spinner.
What location is it ?

Sunderland
Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: sallyyorks on Friday 08 September 17 23:26 BST (UK)
Quote from: Chris Anderson on Friday 08 September 17 23:22 BST (UK)
Quote from: sallyyorks on Friday 08 September 17 23:16 BST (UK)
Some kind of textiles? spinner.
What location is it ?

Sunderland

Less likely to be textiles related then.

It does look like 'tobacco', as other posters have suggested.
Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 09 September 17 08:27 BST (UK)
In the England 1881 Census there are 656 Tobacco Spinners
Sunderland 1881 Census RG11 Piece 5000 Folio 55 Page 7
Stan
Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: Jebber on Saturday 09 September 17 09:01 BST (UK)
According to Scotlands People.

One who prepares tobacco for sale.
Title: Re: What does this profession say?
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 09 September 17 09:34 BST (UK)
Spinner (roll and cake); operates spinning machine used for making tobacco into a larger and more compressed roll, e.g. for Irish Plug; winds rolls made by roll maker-off on to a spool, and passes ends between rollers of spinning machine; also feeds rollers with a hemp cord from a bobbin on machine as machine winds or coils hemp cord round roll of tobacco, inserts leather plugs into coil to compress mass and make it harder; leaves cord round coil until tobacco becomes sufficiently dark.
"A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"

Stan