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Offline aarongardner

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HELP PLEASE
« on: Saturday 03 February 07 23:10 GMT (UK) »
Looking for an occupation:

Tyre Mill Labourer (Ry Car Mkr)

This occupation is on an 1881 census in SHEFFIELD, YORKSHIRE

Thanks

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Offline nanny jan

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Re: HELP PLEASE
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 03 February 07 23:21 GMT (UK) »
Could the phrase in brackets refer to Railway Carriage Maker?

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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
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Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
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Re: HELP PLEASE
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 03 February 07 23:46 GMT (UK) »
Hi :)
I think it refers to work in a rolling mill forging steel tyres for railway carriages. Have a look at this site
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/t.green/curiosities.htm

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« Reply #3 on: Sunday 04 February 07 13:03 GMT (UK) »
The tyres, for railway rolling stock,  were heated in a furnace to expand them, then placed on the wheel centre where they contracted on cooling and gripped the wheel centre with strong pressure.
See http://www.southdevonrailway.org/Railway-Wheels.html

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