Job titles that have disappeared

I did a Sumlock complemented course at a place just off Oxford St. I still hold my pencil as we had to do when adding up on it!

Then there were the more shady jobs, such as a bookies runner and the tally man.

My Dad was a coil-winder in a factory.(No, me neither.)
His night job was playing the piano for strippers, in London.

Nit Nurse

Wheel tapper

I was a Matron for a time, think they have been brought back in some hospitals. When I was a student nurse Matron was all powerful, we even had to see her to get a pass to be out of the Nurses Home after 10pm.

The Man from the Pru - used to come round to collect the instalments on the endowments.

The Co-op paid a 'divvie', I can remember going with DM to collect it.

Matron, needs to be brought back to sort out wards perhaps!

My mother used to have a Provident lady - she paid for something called Provident cheques weekly. She used to buy our school uniforms with them. There were also Co-op cheques as I recall.

Sorry - Haberdashers' Schools as there was more than one haberdasher!

I still ask for the haberdashery department (will anyone know what I mean?)
and we still have Haberdasher's Schools!

and we saw Johny Onion Man over from France with his old bike selling strings of onions at a market not that long ago. He kept going back to his estate car to top up as he sold them!

I must live near an old-fashioned area

The man from the Pru , haberdashers, Johnny Onion men,
Chimney sweeps ( still a few around) and wheel rapper band shutter. ?

Clog maker

Carder
Weaver

I remember that job title from 'What's my line'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jYFzUBRHw

I want to be a saggar makers bottom knocker how cool does that sound ?

Rent man

Coalman

Cobblers used to be called snobs ( has a different meaning now though) there is actually a cobblers in Wantage called Snobs.This could be an Oxfordshire term ?

Rag and Bone man

Cobbler
We have a cobbler in town and that is what he calls his shop!

The shoe repair shop in our village is called 'The Village Cobbler'. He also changes watch batteries and cuts keys.

Lamplighters

I went to a cobbler this week. Useful people. He is going to lower the heels on a pair of shoes and make the back tighter so it isnt as slippy.

They also cut keys which is perhaps the bigger part of their work there.

Our cobbler appears quite busy.

Personnel Officer - it's all Human Resources nowadays.