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Armed Forces / Re: Occupation 1914
« on: Sunday 31 December 06 23:45 GMT (UK)  »

Many thanks for your efforts
How ever in the trade that was his good eyesight was essential , at 70plus he could certainly hear what I was upto and I don't think flat feet came into it .
After 1916 many men who were considered as unfit for service when the authorities had ,had their pick of of the available manpower  in 1914 ,found their selves being called up to do their bit .As I understand it men to the age of 41 were being concripted .Volunteering did not seem so grand in 1916 as it did in the heady days of 1914

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Armed Forces / Occupation 1914
« on: Sunday 31 December 06 22:37 GMT (UK)  »

1914 War just started
 Grandfather aged 34 years and still at home ,  He never went in the armed forces . What was the criteria not to have joined baring in mind he was of eligible age .His trade was French Polisher so it wasn't that ,that saved him .As far as I'm aware he continued his trade throughout the war . I don,t believe it was his fitness to serve , he lived to 73 years .
 So what could he be  doing

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Occupation Interests / Re: Horse Hair Dresser!!!
« on: Thursday 28 July 05 00:59 BST (UK)  »
Hi Gaye

Take a look at Lavenham in Suffolk.Most folk if not on the land as ag.labs. were in the horse hair trade.It was used for hats, mats and many other things.It was also a sideline for the straw plaiters a sort of out of season thing.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Sheriff's Officer in London, early Victorian times in London
« on: Thursday 28 July 05 00:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi Keith
I think you will find that all Counties have Sherriffs and all Sherriffs have Officers.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Occupation: Lath Renderer
« on: Thursday 28 July 05 00:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi Gaye

Many old houses as now did not have interior walls of brick but would be 'studded' [4x2 timbers] and then be lathed and plastered.
The plaster being made of a lime and horse hair mix.
The new version of the same thing is studded and boarded with plaster board and then skimmed to finish.It is now called dry lining.
Both  are of course later versions of wattle and daub.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Night soiler???
« on: Thursday 19 May 05 22:42 BST (UK)  »

Here's my twopennyworth

Night soilers were working in some of the villages in Suffolk up until the 1950's . one I know of for certain was Long Melford much to the glee of the American Service men .

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World War Two / Re: Royal Marines
« on: Tuesday 19 April 05 00:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi Booger
Take yourself off to the Library and find a book entitled
       BY SEA BY LAND   by James D Ladd
it's the authorised history of the Royal Marine Commandos.

And yes they did storm the beaches on D Day.Together wih many other places as well .Crete one of the Greek Islands being one of them.There is a large cemetary there containing many R.M's.

Something that not many people know about is they also had a tank group which also landed on D Day

Ron

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Occupation Interests / Re: COACHPAINTER
« on: Monday 28 March 05 21:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi Michelle
I believe you will find it is as stated , a coachpainter painted coaches [horse drawn mail coaches and of course horse drawn buses in 1901].They will now be spraying buses and trucks .Mail coaches would have been in the Livery of the various companies.

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Occupation Interests / Re: DK Labourer
« on: Wednesday 09 March 05 21:00 GMT (UK)  »
If you are sure it's Canningtown that you are looking at .Then it's very possible that he worked on a Wharf on the River Thames.The nearest dock at that time would be East India Dock,now filled in with theTimes Newspaper Works on top of it.The Royal Group of Docks were not built until later.

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