Hi Simon This book might be useful if you can get hold of a copy at a library "Glory Gone: The History of Nailing in Bromsgrove" Bill Kings and Margaret Cooper. An excerpt from the description - Nailmaking was a clemmin' trade, whose workers toiled for incredibly long hours in unhealthy surroundings for wages often barely above starvation level. In 1896 a journalist wrote that behind the 'bright and sweet and clean' facade were the worst paid of all the 'white slaves' of England, the nailers: '... one can pass in one minute from prosperous burgherdom to the lowest slavery'. regards Lyn in Oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Beck" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 3:03 AM Subject: [OEL] Occupation Translation > Hey all, > > I recently acquired an old birth certificate of a relative, dating back to > 1887. I was unsure what the father's occupation said, so I asked Judith to > try and tell me what is says - which she very kindly did (a nail caster). > > What I am not sure of however is what a nail caster in 1887 actually did? > Could it be the making of nails? > > I have uploaded the image to > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/topics.researchresources.translators/171 > if you care to see it for youselves. > > Any help appreciated, > > Thanks, > > Simon > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows LiveT Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > 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