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From: Anne Peat <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Oilmen
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:38:27 +0000
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Jenny - old occupations site gives this

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/n-o.html#O
Oilman
Lamp oil seller

Oil Miller
Miller of seed to extract oils for food manufacture. Rapeseed,
cottonseed, linseed etc. Cottonseed oil was also used to lubricate the
spinning mule.

HTH,
Anne
On 25 Jan 2005, at 10:08, Jenny Cross wrote:

> Thank you Joanna for the info about Salmon &Son at 112 Hornsey Road,
> London in 1902. Can anyone tell me what exactly an 'oilman' would do.
>
> TIA Jenny
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