In 1891 one was mine was described as an "errand boy": actually a number were so described. What exactly would be the status of an"errand boy"? Would he be an employee, or would he be self-employed? In the 1901, the same man is described as a "Government Art Master". I understand that one had to have attended and graduated from a National Art Training School to so describe yourself. Is this true? I also understand that there was such a school at South Kensington, renamed the Royal College of Art in 1897. Were there others?. Thank you David

David, 'errand boy' was generally the most junior employee, used to run errands, ( gopher in Canadian parlance), most businesses employed them and I guess they still do. BUT DAVID, you are a MARRIED MAN, haven't you worked it out yet, all us poor guy's have been errand boys since those fateful words 'I DO' were uttered .. Len On 7-Apr-07, at 9:33 AM, David Parker wrote: > In 1891 one was mine was described as an "errand boy": > actually a number were so described. What exactly would be the > status of an"errand boy"? Would he be an employee, or would he be > self-employed? > In the 1901, the same man is described as a "Government Art > Master". I understand that one had to have attended and graduated > from a National Art Training School to so describe yourself. Is > this true? I also understand that there was such a school at South > Kensington, renamed the Royal College of Art in 1897. Were there > others?. > > Thank you > > David > > > *

On 7/4/07 17:33, "David Parker" <parker3250@rogers.com> wrote: > In 1891 one was mine was described as an "errand boy": One to run errands. A lad employed by a shop or trader to help around the place, to take messages and deliver orders. I had such a job with an off-license on Saturday. I would help stock shelves, sort the empties in the yard and deliver drinks. 10/6 plus any tips in 1945-50. HTH -- Ernie Bull Bristol

Exactly as the name suggests David He ran errands for people such as employers or maybe deliver messages I worked at a grocery shop which had two errand boys who delivered the groceries on Errand boy bikes, these were large bicycles with a metal frame in the front to hold a large basket which held the goods. sometimes they may have had two or three parcels to deliver at one trip. Basically they were what are termed as gofers!! Go fer this and go for that! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Parker" <parker3250@rogers.com> To: "HampshireLife List" <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Occupations In 1891 one was mine was described as an "errand boy": actually a number were so described. What exactly would be the status of an"errand boy"? Would he be an employee, or would he be self-employed? In the 1901, the same man is described as a "Government Art Master". I understand that one had to have attended and graduated from a National Art Training School to so describe yourself. Is this true? I also understand that there was such a school at South Kensington, renamed the Royal College of Art in 1897. Were there others?. Thank you David *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000731-0, 04/06/2007 Tested on: 4/8/2007 12:13:10 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

How well I remember them when age 14 I worked at Winchester, Chris. Most of the bigger shops had 'gofers' Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Occupations > Exactly as the name suggests David > He ran errands for people such as employers or maybe deliver messages > I worked at a grocery shop which had two errand boys who delivered the > groceries on Errand boy bikes, these were large bicycles with a metal > frame > in the front to hold a large basket which held the goods. sometimes they > may > have had two or three parcels to deliver at one trip. > Basically they were what are termed as gofers!! Go fer this and go for > that! > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Parker" <parker3250@rogers.com> > To: "HampshireLife List" <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 5:33 PM > Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Occupations > > > In 1891 one was mine was described as an "errand boy": actually a > number were so described. What exactly would be the status of an"errand > boy"? Would he be an employee, or would he be self-employed? > In the 1901, the same man is described as a "Government Art > Master". > I understand that one had to have attended and graduated from a National > Art > Training School to so describe yourself. Is this true? I also understand > that there was such a school at South Kensington, renamed the Royal > College > of Art in 1897. Were there others?. > > Thank you > > David > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 000731-0, 04/06/2007 > Tested on: 4/8/2007 12:13:10 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >