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what sort of job is a

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Louise2212

Louise2212 Report 22 Nov 2004 19:26

Charwoman

Yvonne

Yvonne Report 22 Nov 2004 19:28

It`s a woman hired to do housework Yvonne

Sprack

Sprack Report 22 Nov 2004 19:28

a cleaner lou (not a cleaner loo lol)

Ian

Ian Report 22 Nov 2004 19:30

Louise, It is a general cleaner - washes floors, tidies up, dusts. Often employed as office cleaners after hours. A 'Mrs Mop' ! Ian

Louise2212

Louise2212 Report 22 Nov 2004 19:33

thanks - never heard of that before

Andy

Andy Report 22 Nov 2004 19:41

I think a Charwoman was a bit lower than a cleaner! My Grandmother lost her mum at the age of 13 in 1909. At that tender age she became a char. When she was bringing me up in the 50's and 60's she told me of the hard life of a char, up at 5am, clearing the ashes from the fireplace, blackleading grates, whitening the front steps, a 12 or 13 hour day. She saw promotion to Laundress in 1912 as a step up

Angela

Angela Report 23 Nov 2004 15:59

She is a cleaning lady. My family is full of them!