I would think it would be a boy who worked with a carter, or haulier. Probably looked after the horse, at did general dogsbodying. Equivalent today would be a driver's mate. Regards John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Edwards" <jedwac342@rogers.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:50 PM Subject: [B'ham] Occupations- Carters boy and ammunition maker > Hello Lidsters: > > Can anyone tell me what a carters boy would be. > Also I have a great grandmother who worked as an ammunition maker in the > Aston area. She lived at 8 Ct.Tower Road. > Was there a particular large plant in that area in 1891? Or did the > ammunition industry involve a lot of small plants? > > Gerry Edwards > Canada > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >