Because they were NOT apprentices! Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gebhard Sent: 13 July 2008 20:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B'ham] journeyman Why didn't they just use the word Apprentice then? I thought journeyman meant that they were "mobile" - but hey, I am an idiot from Ladywood!  Cheers "it's what's in the grooves that counts" ----- Original Message ---- > From: sue <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 13 July, 2008 4:41:45 PM > Subject: [B'ham] journeyman > > journeyman > A man who served his apprenticeship in a trade and worked as a fully qualified > employee. The term originated in the regulations of the medieval trade guilds; > it derives from the French journée... > Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/ > >                         sue > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 2042 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , > giving your contact details?  Other researchers will then be able to make > contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1549 - Release Date: 12/07/2008 16:31