Unusual Occupation or Unusual Location?

[elsinore]

From the 1911 Census in Chorley:

Hooker in Bleach Works

Peter

[Pam Downes]

I've found two descriptions for the job. The first one is the blindingly obvious -
A person that hooks or uses hooks, e.g. in woollen or cotton industry.

The second is still connected to textiles -
Textile mill worker operating machinery which laid out fabric in uniform folds to required length.

Pam

[Peter Goodey]

The 1881 census lists hundreds of people with an occupation of "hooker". Not so unusual, perhaps.

[geneius]

Old occupations
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html

[emmteeyess]

(blowing my own trumpet a bit, but -)
This was a thread on here about strange occupations or their transcriptions anyway - https://www.british-genealogy.com/th...rasnscriptions...

Cheers, MTS

[christanel]

Unusual Occupation or Unusual Location?

I like your sense of humour Peter.

Christina