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Title: Occupation ( I think)
Post by: Max2121 on Tuesday 16 July 24 14:18 BST (UK)
Hello, this is from a baptism 1750, anyone able to tell what it says?

Thank you
Title: Re: Occupation ( I think)
Post by: QueenoftheWest on Tuesday 16 July 24 14:29 BST (UK)
Extraordinary tidesman?

Tidesman: alternate term for a Tide Waiter, a customs official who boarded ships to collect duty and check for smuggled goods.

Queenie  :)
Title: Re: Occupation ( I think)
Post by: Jebber on Tuesday 16 July 24 14:30 BST (UK)
I agree, you Just beat me to it.
Title: Re: Occupation ( I think)
Post by: Max2121 on Wednesday 17 July 24 19:06 BST (UK)
Thank you
Title: Re: Occupation ( I think)
Post by: bbart on Wednesday 17 July 24 23:55 BST (UK)
I was curious as to the "why" some tidesmen were "extraordinary", so I'm just posting a clip of the middle of a long explanation from the Dublin Daily Express, dated 10 August 1910 in case others are as curious as I am!

Although the paper is from 1910, the article was "looking back in time" at the old occupation of tidesmen.
Title: Re: Occupation ( I think)
Post by: Max2121 on Thursday 18 July 24 14:39 BST (UK)
Quote from: bbart on Wednesday 17 July 24 23:55 BST (UK)
I was curious as to the "why" some tidesmen were "extraordinary", so I'm just posting a clip of the middle of a long explanation from the Dublin Daily Express, dated 10 August 1910 in case others are as curious as I am!

Although the paper is from 1910, the article was "looking back in time" at the old occupation of tidesmen.

That is so interesting, thank you so much for this.