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Occupation .... Caller up

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BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 30 Apr 2014 15:04

On the 1911 census I have an occupation as "Caller Up"" working for The Midland Railway.
I have been trying to look it up but no luck. Could anyone help ??

greyghost

greyghost Report 30 Apr 2014 15:09

Possible??

www.familyresearcher.co.uk/.../Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Index.ht....

Caller: alternate term for a Knocker-up, who went house to house waking up factory workers for their shifts.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 30 Apr 2014 15:12

Could it be this?

Caller: alternate term for a Knocker-up, who went house to house waking up factory workers for their shifts.

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 30 Apr 2014 15:12

That sounds logical Stuart

Thanks very much

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 30 Apr 2014 15:13

Opps! You beat me to it, Stuart!

greyghost

greyghost Report 30 Apr 2014 15:13

snap Margee!

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 30 Apr 2014 15:13

Thanks to you too Margee

greyghost

greyghost Report 30 Apr 2014 15:14

We're falling over ourselves here!

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 30 Apr 2014 16:00

Knocker-up

Man who awoke factory workers with a long stick, knocking on the bedroom windows - often the Lamplighter

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 30 Apr 2014 16:10

Hi Belle, thankyou :-D

He was only 16 but I hope he was a tall lad.

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 30 Apr 2014 16:46

Have you looked to see whether there are any records of him in the Railway Employment records?

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 30 Apr 2014 16:54

I read somewhere that the cockney rhyming slang 'Knockers' comes from 'Knocker's rests', those pleasant mornings when you were spared being woken up by the knocker, and could enjoy a lie-in.

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 30 Apr 2014 16:54

Oh >>>>>>>>>>>> :-S :-S I'll see what I can find :-D :-D :-D

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 30 Apr 2014 23:19

There might be something in the railway records on Ancestry if you want to say who it was ......

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 2 May 2014 16:45

Thankyou MarieCeleste ,

Londonbelle has helped me in finding him on Ancestry.