Hi guys,
Was wondering if anybody could recommend some good sources/books for researching occupations?
A couple of my ancestors were recorded as paviors (pavers) and I'd like to research the trade/job. The kind of things I'm looking for are salary, uniform, length of day/working week...
wanted to write a little creative piece of family history for university - for my portfolio.
I expect they probably wore smocks, and the job was hard work and horrendous, but fancied delving a little deeper into the occupation.
Thanks,
Darren
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Re: Occupations - Pavior (paver)
This http://www.paviors.org.uk/ is London-based but has some general info too and I bet they would know of any books so I would drop them an email explaining why you are interested.
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Re: Occupations - Pavior (paver)
gardener wrote:This http://www.paviors.org.uk/ is London-based but has some general info too and I bet they would know of any books so I would drop them an email explaining why you are interested.
Ah wow! fantastic find. I'll certainly be sending them an email. Thanks gardener!
Darren