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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 91 Send Message	Cornish Susie	Report	3 Mar 2013 15:19
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 91 Send Message	Would someone like to have a look at the occupation in the 1851 census for :- George Aslett, born 1803 in Hound, Hampshire and still living there. I can't believe I'm reading it correctly, but if so - of what, and how on earth did he make a living out if it? In 1861 he is a pork butcher, so perhaps that's the answer! Sue
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 20,090 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	3 Mar 2013 15:22
	Well, it's still done on farms these days isn't it - must say I've never actually come across this as an occ. before though! Bit of a conversation-stopper at parties. Jan :-D
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5,880 Send Message	K	Report	3 Mar 2013 15:35
	I still have the equipment we used on our lambs but agree that I wouldn't have thought it was a full time occupation :-) It is down as an old occupation also mentions gelder http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/c.html
	Researching: Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 9,711 Send Message	KempinaPartyhat	Report	3 Mar 2013 15:36
	OMG ...well both involve chopping things up!! :-D