Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Jobs of Days Gone By 16 – The Sign writer

THE SIGN WRITER

A gold leaf expert

a master calligrapher

artist to be read


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Jobs of Days Gone By 13 – The Scrivener

THE SCRIVENER

Worked on Wills and Deeds

Always writing legibly

Since replaced by Word


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Jobs of Days Gone By12 – The Chimney Sweep

THE CHIMNEY SWEEP

Man and black-faced boy

Bag of brushes on a bike

cleaning your chimney


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Jobs of Days Gone by 11 – the Sexton

THE SEXTON

A church caretaker

Sometimes dug graves for the dead

Often rang the bells


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Jobs from Days Gone By 10 – The Dray man

THE DRAY MAN

With his horse pulling

the dray loaded with beer kegs

he goes pub to pub


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Jobs of Days Gone By 9 – The Navvy

Digger of trenches

Pick and shovel used no more

Replaced by back-hoe


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Jobs of Days Gone By 8 – The Rag and Bone Man

Originally

Eking out a poor living

Picking through the trash


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Jobs of Days Gone by 6 -The Lamplighter

THE LAMPLIGHTER

He emerged at dusk

with rod and hook in his hand

lighting gas mantles.


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Jobs of Days Gone By 5 – The Chandler

THE CHANDLER

One who makes or sells

Candles rendered from tallow

lighting dark pathways