Muffleman

[Memory Lane]

My grandfather's marriage certicate shows his profession as 'muffleman', (if I'm reading it correctly) anyone know what job was this?

 

[Pedrocut]

A muffle was a small kiln with a fire beneath it, used in the pottery industry.

 

[pjmburns]

Until Pedro posted I wondered if it could have muffinman?

 

[mikejee]

Could he have been in charge of a muffle furnace. These were high temperature furnaces where the substance heated was separate from the flame, Was he in the Stoke area, as they were much used in the porcelain industry

. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffle_furnace

 

[Pedrocut]

The dictionary also describes a muffle as a receptacle, oven, or compartment in which things can be heated in a furnace without contact with the fuel and its products.

 

[Memory Lane]

Could he have been in charge of a muffle furnace. These were high temperature furnaces where the substance heated was separate from the flame, Was he in the Stoke area, as they were much used in the porcelain industry

. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffle_furnace

hi, thanks for the reply. He wasn't in Stoke but in Bham. This was around 1928. I know at one point he worked at Delta metals, so it's possible it is work linked to the furnace there.

 

[Memory Lane]

Until Pedro posted I wondered if it could have muffinman?

I think it is definiely muffle

 

[Pedrocut]

There is an advert for a muffleman, used to annealing copper and glass tubes. Aston Tubes and Sections,
Wainwright Road in 1951.

 

[Memory Lane]

There is an advert for a muffleman, used to annealing copper and glass tubes. Aston Tubes and Sections,
Wainwright Road in 1951.

That sounds like a possible job he may have done, thank you

 

[Memory Lane]

That sounds like a possible job he may have done, thank you

I found this definition too muffleman (iron foundry) ; ovenman, oven packerfeeds and tends fire of muffle furnace; usually also charges or packs ore, metal, etc., in furnace.

 

[Memory Lane]

I found this definition too muffleman (iron foundry) ; ovenman, oven packerfeeds and tends fire of muffle furnace; usually also charges or packs ore, metal, etc., in furnace.

from this site http://doot.spub.co.uk/listing.php#order07

 

[tommy]

from this site http://doot.spub.co.uk/listing.php#order07

i worked on muffles at charles cliffords dog pool lane stirchley many years ago billets would be heated scoured in acid bath an then water bath ready for rolling in big rollers down to correct size
hot rolling was done aswell
hard heavey work
two kilns / muffles the hight of your living room 10 foot wide and about 25 foot long we use to load it with. over head gantry cranes and what was called a con tram conveyer tram on tracks
memorys

 

[Memory Lane]

i worked on muffles at charles cliffords dog pool lane stirchley many years ago billets would be heated scoured in acid bath an then water bath ready for rolling in big rollers down to correct size
hot rolling was done aswell
hard heavey work
two kilns / muffles the hight of your living room 10 foot wide and about 25 foot long we use to load it with. over head gantry cranes and what was called a con tram conveyer tram on tracks
memorys

Thank you for your reply tommy. It helps me get a clearer idea of the muffles and what my grandad may have done and the hard, heavy work involved