Occupation 1901 census please

[Tickettyboo]

Never a race Alan, always better to have various opinions whether they agree or disagree.

and if I'd looked at the 1921 census earlier (where employers names were required) I'd have had extra confirmation as he was still working
Was  interesting to read the page I found and see the pictures though. I was amazed at the details of their weekly output during WW1.

Boo

[MollyC]

Interesting to read about the central works in this large business.  Birmingham Archives has a collection of papers (with a couple of items mis-indexed as Kynock).  I came across Kynoch a few years ago because a relative worked during WW1 as a chemist in their explosives manufacturing plant at Arklow.  They had a similar plant in Essex named Kynochtown (later renamed Coryton when it became an oil terminal and refinery).  They both closed at the end of the war.  Manufacture of gunpowder for small ammunition and mining/quarrying etc. continued at Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley until at least 1927 as Nobel’s Explosives Co. Ltd.  (Kelly's W. Riding Directory)

See: https://historyireland.com/arklows-explosive-history-kynoch-1895-1918