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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: names and occupations
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:57:16 +0000

>Hello - a message from a newcomer to this site. I have found the
>occupation of my gfather for awhile to be that of a "clicker" As he was
>living in London at the time, perhaps someone could enlighten me please.

Mostly applied to the men who operated the heavy knives which cut
leather into pattern shapes for shoes and boots. These were assembled by
shoe binders, and you often find husband and wife/children uniting in
these trades
--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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