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  • Does anyone know..

    .. what a clough/chough boy was in the late 1890's?
    Thanks
    Tessie
    Last edited by tessie31082; 30-07-09, 22:48.

  • #2
    Well, a clough is a steep ravine, so I don't have a clue!

    A chough is a rare bird found only in Cornwall...still don't know what a Chough boy would be though.

    Are you sure it doesn't say PLOUGH boy?

    OC

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    • #3
      GENUKI: UK and Ireland Topics - Occupations

      see if its here

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      • #4
        My trusty 1896 dictionary gives as one meaning for clough

        "A kind of sluice for letting off water gently, employed in the agricultural operation of improving soils by flooding them with muddy water "

        So perhaps your clough boy's job was something to do with these?

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        • #5
          What part of the country was he in?

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          • #6
            Oooh, Roger, I never knew that!! Thankyou.

            I grew up in Manchester and we had a nearby park called Boggart Hole Clough, lol. I can well imagine it needed a series of boys in Victorian times, to do odd jobs around the place and irrigate the extensive and hilly areas.

            OC

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            • #7
              Neither did I , OC !

              That old dictionary is the best bargain I ever bought - sixpence (old money) for eight volumes at a jumble sale. Some of the articles are almost encyclopaedic, and others have little illustrations. Particularly good for Scottish and Northern English words, as well as obsolete terms.

              Must say, I think clough seems more rural than Manchester - I was thinking fens !!!

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              • #8
                My first thought was that this was a mistake for plough boy as I have seen p mistaken for c on a few censuses.
                ~ with love from Little Nell~
                Chowns, Dunt, Emms, Mealing, Purvey & Smoothy

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                • #9
                  Roger

                  The name of the park reflects the ancient map name, presumably from the days when Manchester was a tiny village!

                  OC

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                  • #10
                    The sluice paddles on the Leeds & Liverpool canal are called cloughs.

                    But I think plough-boy is a more likely occupation.
                    Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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                    • #11
                      Looking at it again it could be plough boy! thanks everyone!
                      tessie

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