From the 1911 Census in Chorley:
Hooker in Bleach Works
Peter
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01-02-2018, 12:25 AM #1
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Unusual Occupation or Unusual Location?
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01-02-2018, 1:43 AM #2
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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.
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01-02-2018, 10:36 AM #3
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The 1881 census lists hundreds of people with an occupation of "hooker". Not so unusual, perhaps.
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01-02-2018, 1:59 PM #4
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Old occupations
https://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html
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01-02-2018, 3:47 PM #5
(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
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01-02-2018, 6:47 PM #6Unusual Occupation or Unusual Location?
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