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OCCUPATION - Gas Man
- Thread starter mtnclmr
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Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Best I can find Dave someone on the Forum will know more
https://www.census1891.com/occupations-g.htm
https://www.census1891.com/occupations-g.htm
Dave
you're not the first person to query this. See :https://forum.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouare.com/tm.asp?m=1233
Their explanation seems reasonable, and the dates would fit in with yours. Certainly when I was a kid the gasman was the person who came to empty the meter .
Mike
you're not the first person to query this. See :https://forum.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouare.com/tm.asp?m=1233
Their explanation seems reasonable, and the dates would fit in with yours. Certainly when I was a kid the gasman was the person who came to empty the meter .
Mike
Hello there mtnclmr
Dont know if this helps.
My grandad was a Gas Attendant. He was what we sould call a gas man. In the days when everyone had a pay meter he would go round, read the meter and check the cash in it tallied. This often involved extracting the blanks, foreign coins etc adjusting the reading and politely returning the scrap to the householder. Did it from 1912 to when he retired, apart from a spell in the trenches.
His 'beat' was in Balsall Heath where he lived so he knew all the families for generations.
Dont know if this helps.
My grandad was a Gas Attendant. He was what we sould call a gas man. In the days when everyone had a pay meter he would go round, read the meter and check the cash in it tallied. This often involved extracting the blanks, foreign coins etc adjusting the reading and politely returning the scrap to the householder. Did it from 1912 to when he retired, apart from a spell in the trenches.
His 'beat' was in Balsall Heath where he lived so he knew all the families for generations.