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Occupation-tickler
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Rose | Report | 25 Dec 2012 21:03 |
I have found that an ancestor was working as a tickler in a mill but cannot seem to find this occupation on any listings. Does anyone know what a tickler did? |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 25 Dec 2012 21:05 |
Could be tackler |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 25 Dec 2012 23:49 |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 25 Dec 2012 23:50 |
TACKLER An overlooker of power loom weavers |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 25 Dec 2012 23:54 |
Tickney Man: itinerant trader in earthenware pottery. |
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brummiejan | Report | 26 Dec 2012 00:13 |
Jayne, you might find this site useful for Victorian occupations: |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 26 Dec 2012 01:01 |
Might be worth viewing the image |
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Rose | Report | 27 Dec 2012 14:03 |
Thank you all for your responses. |
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brummiejan | Report | 27 Dec 2012 14:56 |
Can you post details here please so folks can have a look? |
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Rose | Report | 28 Dec 2012 14:25 |
the details are : |
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brummiejan | Report | 28 Dec 2012 14:39 |
Are you sure that 1st letter is a T? Might it be H? Though I am sure the 2nd letter is an I, might be worth considering this: |
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Dea | Report | 28 Dec 2012 14:45 |
What would make much more sense is if it said a 'Picker' in Woollen Mill, particularly for a 13 year old girl, however, the 'l' before the final 'er' does seem to be there.?? |
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Rose | Report | 28 Dec 2012 14:51 |
Jan |
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Rose | Report | 28 Dec 2012 15:16 |
Dea |
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brummiejan | Report | 28 Dec 2012 15:39 |
It might be a very local term which just died out. |
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Rose | Report | 28 Dec 2012 16:04 |
Thank you Jan . |
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lancashireAnn | Report | 28 Dec 2012 20:46 |
I think it looks like tickler. The T is identical to the T of Thomas above. The other letters apart from 'l' seem clear but I can't think what else it could be. |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 28 Dec 2012 21:17 |
Could it be something to do with "tick" which was a linen cloth used for clothing and bed-linen? |
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Rose | Report | 2 Jan 2013 15:25 |
brummie jan- thanks for your idea of world of wool history. I contacted them and they responded. |
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Sue In Yorkshire. | Report | 2 Jan 2013 16:18 |
A Tickler was a person who used to comb the wool into straight stands of wool.. |