To not really know what a toolmaker is

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Gabbsters · 12/06/2024 21:48

Well, I know what the words mean but Keir Starmer keeps saying it like it’s a well known job and I’ve never heard of it. What does it mean? Did he work in a hammer factory?

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ActivePeony · 12/06/2024 21:56

Didn't his Dad own the actual factory?

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Gabbsters · 12/06/2024 21:55

Thank you. Much fancier than I had imagined.

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lljkk · 12/06/2024 21:53

It's whatever a toolmaker did in 1960s-1980s, though.

I suppose it's short hand for "skilled manual worker"
And his mum was a nurse prior to her illness, in days when that was a hands-on not university degree job, too. More like an HCA than today's kind of nurse.

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/turner-brothers-toolmakers.7260/page-8 has some info

Turner Brothers Toolmakers

did anyone at turners know my father albert clack electrician there for 38 years all through the war I knew your dad, he worked out of the the Dolphin Works in Hanley Street

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/turner-brothers-toolmakers.7260/page-8

RishiIsACuntWaffle · 12/06/2024 21:53

It's a really skilled engineering trade.

NowyouhaveDunnett · 12/06/2024 21:51

https://www.paragontoolmaking.com/news/toolmaking-explained-what-is-it-and-why-might-you-need-our-specialist-skills

It's a skilled engineering job

Toolmaking explained: What is it? And why might you need our specialist skills - Paragon Toolmaking

By Kevin Batty, General Manager Toolmaking is an art. It requires knowledge, skill and a methodical approach. It also helps if you have a passion for making things and inquisitive nature for how things work. Despite the fact Paragon Toolmaking has been...

https://www.paragontoolmaking.com/news/toolmaking-explained-what-is-it-and-why-might-you-need-our-specialist-skills

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