For any information about odd job titles try the
university Leicester small towns project.
David
On Fri, 28 May 1999 15:03:52 -0400 Peter B Park
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have come across the following occupations in the 1851 census of
> Kingswood in Wilts/Gloucs:
>
> Wool rower, wool picker, wool getter
>
> They are not job titles that crop up in the woollen industry in the
> North-west of England with which I am more familiar. Has anyone any idea
> what they involved?
>
> Peter Park, Walton on Thames, Surrey.
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