such as bus conductors ,or drivers mates. or the man with an oil can
im thinking where did they go and work once the job ended.
Wheeltappers…knocker uppers…
Dead now, so all is good 
Drivers mates still work for Argos, Next, Wren and many more. No one pays on buses any more, it’s all cards and mobile apps,
steviespain:
Wheeltappers…knocker uppers…
Dead now, so all is good
They do if you park at donington services. 
I think the ones who lost their jobs are traffic wardens and health and safety officials now.
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steviespain:
Wheeltappers…knocker uppers…
Dead now, so all is goodThey do if you park at donington services.
Sorry mate, I´m only 13, I don´t understand 
If you ever see a dray wagon, you’ll see a drivers mate in them too coz like ■■■■ would I be roping a 22 gallon keg into a cellar then going downstairs to unhook it and coming back up numerous times
Dustmen . Paraffin vendors and the Davenports beer at home man.
Not many coalmen left.
Tyneside
Street lamplighters, meter money collectors, pools collectors, stoker’s, steam engine firemen, coopers, chandler’s, navvys, switchboard operators, milkman, chimney sweeps… The list goes on
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stuwozere1:
Street lamplighters, meter money collectors, pools collectors, stoker’s, steam engine firemen, coopers, chandler’s, navvys, switchboard operators, milkman, chimney sweeps… The list goes on
There´s still chandlers, they´re just called something hi-tecchy nowadays. Like, Shipping Logistics, or Maritime Technologies.
Pools collectors! Man, I remember them!
Milkmen are making a comeback, I believe. Mainly in trendy areas.
Chimney sweeps, they´re like gold dust but they are still out there.
Nostalgia ain´t what it used to be.
A lot of the jobs mentioned never employed many its things such as ship building, mining making things such as engines for the railways, these employed thousands I think I saw something once that said 4000 men worked in one railway factory in Doncaster. What are they doing?
Places such as Crewe ,Swindon and Doncaster were railway towns where the majority of families had at least one member employed on the railway. In Dundee the jute mills were the major employer and hoovered up most of the school leavers.
tyneside:
Not many coalmen left.Tyneside
Here’s the bloke who delivers my coal. Just had a tonne of it dropped off a couple of weeks ago, hopefully enough to see me through the Winter.
Pardon my naivety, what’s a wheeltapper do?
Go Direct…
vikingpete:
Pardon my naivety, what’s a wheeltapper do?
Wheel tappers used to work in railway yards. As the trains came in they had to tap each axel box to make sure they weren’t overheating. Also they used to have to pin down brakes, usually every other wagon. This was long before continuous braking came in for freighted trains. [emoji106]
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vikingpete:
Pardon my naivety, what’s a wheeltapper do?
Used to tap the wheels on railway wagons with a hammer to make sure they weren’t cracked.
Harry Monk:
vikingpete:
Pardon my naivety, what’s a wheeltapper do?Used to tap the wheels on railway wagons with a hammer to make sure they weren’t cracked.
True.
The cracks were hidden by the (steel) tyres.
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Franglais:
Harry Monk:
vikingpete:
Pardon my naivety, what’s a wheeltapper do?Used to tap the wheels on railway wagons with a hammer to make sure they weren’t cracked.
True.
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There is a tale told about a wheeltapper who condemned every single wheel on a train before it was discovered that his hammer was cracked. 