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Who or what was a Cordwainer please?
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 26 Sep 2007 13:10 |
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I heard that they used to iron the newspaper to stop the newsprint coming off on the "master's" hands. |
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Researching: |
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Chica in the sun ☼ | Report | 20 Sep 2007 11:35 |
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Obviously a word commonly used as my nana lived on Tyneside. Ah but Capricorn was yours labelled a "besom" when you bought it! |
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Chica in the sun ☼ | Report | 20 Sep 2007 10:53 |
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Ha! I´m getting carried away abit with this but if I saw that one of my ancestors was employed as a "Harlot" well I would never have guessed that it was a male servant! Or if I saw "perambulator" on the census I would probably sigh and think, "Ah how sweet they were able to afford a pram" A perambulator was a surveyor. And definitely the occupation "Streaker" has changed it´s meaning! One thing that brought back a flood of nostalgia was when I saw "Besom Maker". I can remember my nana saying "Now where did I put the besom?" meaning her broom, obviously it was a word she was brought up with, but I don´t think I have heard it since. |
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Chica in the sun ☼ | Report | 20 Sep 2007 10:45 |
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I´ve just read the site with my brekky, really funny. Think perhaps our unemployment figures would fall if we introduced the following: Purefinders - gathering up dog poo (girls and old women only). Boot catcher - employed in hotels to pull off kinky boots. and how about having your own personal "tucker-in" a young lass employed to tuck you into bed each night! |
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KathleenBell | Report | 20 Sep 2007 09:52 |
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I'm sure he did Anna, lol. |
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Chica in the sun ☼ | Report | 20 Sep 2007 09:46 |
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Maybe it´s ´cos the butler read it first! |
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KathleenBell | Report | 20 Sep 2007 09:40 |
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Yes, in grand houses the newspaper would always be ironed before the "master" got it. I suspect it still happens today in some stately homes - though just exactly why is beyond me!! |
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Thelma | Report | 20 Sep 2007 09:15 |
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How about, |
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Thelma | Report | 20 Sep 2007 08:55 |
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Nice one Claire, |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 19 Sep 2007 23:14 |
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GUINEA PIG - an unattached, or roving person whose fee was usally a guinea |
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Thelma | Report | 19 Sep 2007 22:55 |
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I think the Aeronaut probably held on to the trapeze with one hand while eating a bar of chocolate with the other. Thelma |
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Thelma | Report | 19 Sep 2007 22:46 |
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MGH, |
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Thelma | Report | 19 Sep 2007 22:19 |
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Claire, |
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Thelma | Report | 19 Sep 2007 22:05 |
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Thanks Sam and Claire, |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 19 Sep 2007 22:03 |
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He was a shoe maker |
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Sam | Report | 19 Sep 2007 22:02 |
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A posh term for a shoemaker :-) |
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Thelma | Report | 19 Sep 2007 21:59 |
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One of my ancestors was a Cordwainer maybe I should know but could someone please tell me what this job or title covers? Thanks Thelma |
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