Occupation help please, 1891

[Little Nell]

RG12/324 105 p.60

Charles A. Carter

it looks like scaleman at petroleum wharf

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I agree

[Crafty Sue]

Yes Nell, It looks like that to me too. But not got a clue what it means tho!

[Little Nell]

so what was a scaleman?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Someone who measures the amounts of petroleum sold?

[Crafty Sue]

This might be of no use at all :o

a Scavelman was employed to keep ditches and waterawys clear

or

a Scaleraker cleaned the streets

nearest I could find.

[Crafty Sue]

Think Merry's idea sounds better

[Little Nell]

Thanks for your ideas.

Charles had a variety of occupations, he began as a van boy, then got this job as a scaleman, then he was a wharf labourer, then he was a confectioner, then a mineral water salesman, before going to Manchester to work for R White's soft drinks, returning to London to buy a pub.