Occupation help

[stonechat]

Please can you help with Eliza Cocks occupation in 1911
She has previously worked in a cotton mill

Now she is a dealer in ?Yeants?

[maidmarianoops]

http://www.andrewalston.flyer.co.uk/cottonindustryjobs.htm


this should help

sylvia

[Geoff-E]

I can't imagine what it says, but occupation code 789 was

789 Chemists, Druggists

[stonechat]

She is working on her own account no at the cotton mill any more if that helps

[charlotteCH]

Looks like ?eant Dealer but what the first capital letter is beats me

charlotte

[kathb]

Hi, Stonechat, it looks like scent dealer
Regards
Kathb

[danuslave]

Hi stonechat

It might be Fent dealer.  Fents are (or were) fabric remnants and she probably had contacts in the cotton industry who could supply them.

Linda

PS the word fent is still in use - try google

[charlotteCH]

Kathb, You reckon that first capital could be "S"?
I agree the following letters could be "cent" but can't see
 the "S"
charlotte

[JenB]

It might be Fent dealer.  Fents are (or were) fabric remnants and she probably had contacts in the cotton industry who could supply them.

I think danuslaves suggestion is the most likely solution. The 'f' at the start of the word looks like two letters but is actually only one - it's been written with an extra loop which makes it look like two.

Try googling 'fent dealer' 

Jennifer