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Notwithstanding that he could have been a purveyor of motor spirits etc, I wonder if the term oilman could mean a person who rubbed oils into furniture for preservation and improving
their looks. This would fit with your forebears who as you say were cabinet makers/picture frame makers.Whoever said Seek and Ye shall find was not a genealogist.
David
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Hi I know that some small shops used to sell oil for paraffin lamps. On a visit to my cousin in Hastings, England she did point out to me a small corner shop which was known locally as "The Oil Shop" even though it had been closed down for many years. I think the word is "Oilman"
Dorothy
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Originally posted by Val wish Id never started View Postwe had a paraffin heater when we first got married ,I remember it stank .we did not keep it long.
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The Oilman, in his van,with tank of pink paraffin, plus assorted wicks, cans, buckets etc was a regular visitor when I was a child, and he still calls regularly, though nowadays he's more likely to sell me eggs, gro bags and potting compost, or cards etc in support of the local hospice. A few people still buy paraffin to heat greenhouses etc but I believe his main source of income nowadays is renting out marquees.Judith passed away in October 2018
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Funny that Jill our first flat had no hot water and no heating, plus the electrics were dangerous ,thats why we had a paraffin stove and a gas stove ,the other end of the room ,so I took the landlord to a tribunal and won , he had to reduce the rent by £1.50 a week, seems paltry now.
Judith we have man come round with sea food and eggs and stuff, but he always comes when my freezers are full, and I feel awful telling him I have no room.
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The first flat we rented had an open fireplace and the landlord brought round a skipful of rubbishy wood for us to burn, plus lots of polystyrene, which was a relatively new material then. We burned it. It made a lot of black smoke......!!!!!!!!!! I can only assume that it was all the draughts in the place which saved our lives!
OC
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Bathroom ? no luxuries like that, we used to go to our parents ,and as for the toilet it was in the garden, Tom put a light bulb on a flex, and we used to hang it out of the window to whichever of us was going ,then bring it back up, as we did not get on with the downstairs neighbours, to think I had two babies there, must have been mad.:madd::madd:
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Hi, Oil lamps were dangerous. I recall around the 1950's my Aunt and Uncle had one burning in the hallway of their little prefab. We kids were playing in one of the bedrooms and one of us ran into the hall and sent the paraffin heater flying and started a fire. Luckily my Uncle managed to douse the flames before there was any damage done to us or the house and the heater got thrown out. I don't think we ever had a paraffin heater again.
Dorothy
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