by snoopysue » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:54 pm
I've got a lot of metal workers generally, with moulders, casters, founders, nailers and the odd puddler turning up. As most lived in the Black Country that's not unusual as much as inevitable.
There is also a family who were silk and ribbon weavers in Nuneaton.
My great great grandmother was a nurse and midwife - which is where my grandmother thinks I became a radiographer. My grandmother went to work in america, my sister has lived in germany and I've been in Denmark for 16 years.
My dad and my grandfather were both metallurgists. My dad was the 4th generartion working for GKN in Darlaston.
The days have gone were people went into a trade because their father did, but there are definately geographical and social reasons for choosing the occupations we do. I know that the reasons I chose radiography had as much to do with wanting to work with people as they had to do with wanting a technical occupation - radiography balances both sides pretty well.
Snoopysue
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