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    Default BACK IN THE DAY Black and white pics reveal Britain’s ‘forgotten’ jobs


    A worker uses stilts to put up hop poles in 1937 ahead of the crop being planted for brewing


    A lamp lighter gets to work making sure the night is not too dark in Warrington in 1912


    Workerse by posa loom at at cotton mill in 1906


    Female pillow lace makers get to work in 1900


    A London milkman poses with his cart in 1923



    Cockle Gatherers and there donkeys on the Beach in Llanstephen, Wales in 1890

    This projected loss of jobs has been attributed to advancing technology where machines will continue to replace the jobs of humans.

    Mechanisation has always cost humans their jobs. The mechanical loom for instance put weavers out of business, but it’s also created jobs.

    Mechanics had to keep the machines going, machinists had to make parts for them, and workers had to attend to them, and so on.

    A lot of times those in one profession could pivot to another.

    At the beginning of the 20th century for instance, automobiles were putting blacksmiths out of business.

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    Ah donkeys the good old days makes me feel young again......
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    The pillow lace makers IMO the one on the left is a bloke!? The picture of the cockle gathers scandalous the ladies Nora batty has slipped and she showing a bare knee, bare ankles were saucy photos for men of the day! SJ are donkeys better that trolleys in high winds
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    Quote Originally Posted by ifred View Post
    The pillow lace makers IMO the one on the left is a bloke!?
    SJ are donkeys better that trolleys in high winds
    1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Garnett
    dont think male

    2) so will be new sj thread "Siri won't tell me how to remove donkey poo off fence panels"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meat-Head View Post
    1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Garnett
    dont think male

    2) so will be new sj thread "Siri won't tell me how to remove donkey poo off fence panels"
    I disagree the lacemaker on the left looks like a young les dawson in a dress probably moonlighting early on in his career

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    This is a photo of a model of a lace maker that has been in Luton's Wardown Park Museum for over fifty years and has been scaring young kids for all of that time, partially the looks but also that where she was displayed had slightly loose floorboards and these would creak and cause slight movement of the model.

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    Cool, looks like wax, can't put my finger on where resembles somebody, never mind nice story

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