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Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 19 Dec 2006 20:28

Anybody know what a carman did? Thanks

June

June Report 19 Dec 2006 20:38

Driver of (horse-drawn) vehicles for transporting goods. Carmen were often employed by railway companies for local deliveries and collections of goods and parcels. Modern day van driver. Also sometimes someone who drove horse-drawn trams was called a Carman. June x

Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 19 Dec 2006 20:40

Thanks for that Jan

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 19 Dec 2006 20:42

Jan, take a look at this site for old occupations;- http://rmhh(.)co.uk/occup/index.html Remove brackets Keith

Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 19 Dec 2006 21:03

Thanks Keith. I've book marked that web site. I also had a caulker, so I now know what he did!