On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:09:37 +0100, Celia Dodd via <[email protected]> wrote: > I am finding some of the wrongly transcribed occupations in the 1939 > Register very amusing: a barman instead of batman at RAF Cranwell, a > hosiery minder instead of a hosiery mender and today, a plumber properly > repairer. Presume properly should be property... To Celia's offerings, I can add my Grand*father* listed as a "Fruiteress Manager" ... maybe he had to manage the junior ladies in the shop but I think he was actually a "Fruiterer's Manager". Malcolm. -- Malcolm Austen <[email protected]> GENUKI trustee <[email protected]> Pedigree User Group <[email protected]> Oxfordshire FHS <[email protected]> or <[email protected]>