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Can anyone decipher these words for me?

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PercyPigAndMe · 04/08/2021 21:37

Please.

I can make out 'roadway' and I can make out 'unpaid domestic' but what are the second words from the top two lines? Obviously 'at school' is clear

Thank you!

Can anyone decipher these words for me?
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confusedlots · 04/08/2021 21:40

Unpaid domestic duties

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PercyPigAndMe · 04/08/2021 21:40

Of course! Thanks a lot

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PercyPigAndMe · 04/08/2021 21:41

But expanding the pic ... what is the word after roadway?

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Seeline · 04/08/2021 21:41

Domestic duties?

AnnaSW1 · 04/08/2021 21:41

I read it as unpaid domestic duties too

confusedlots · 04/08/2021 21:41

Not sure about the other one. I thought quarries when I first saw it, but now not so sure

Quarantino · 04/08/2021 21:41

Quarrels?

Seeline · 04/08/2021 21:42

I think it begins Qu

FuturePerfect · 04/08/2021 21:42

Roadway quarrier?

BastardMonkfish · 04/08/2021 21:43

Roadway labourer?

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PercyPigAndMe · 04/08/2021 21:45

It could be quarries potentially ? Not sure

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AnnaSW1 · 04/08/2021 21:45

L's are written differently to that letter if you look at how labourer is written further down. It's definitely a different letter.

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PercyPigAndMe · 04/08/2021 21:46

Yes I don't think this says labourer

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Cheeringmeup · 04/08/2021 21:48

Maybe Roadway Labourer (with the tops of some letters erased?)

AnnaSW1 · 04/08/2021 21:48

I agree with the earlier poster who said it's roadway quarrier ( having just looked at a list of old job titles online!) Smile

userlotsanumbers · 04/08/2021 21:58

Roadway and then I think it's quarrier, although not 100% on that one

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PercyPigAndMe · 04/08/2021 22:01

I can't see that roadway quarrier was a job .. but he did live near mines in the north east

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ChocolateDeficitDisorder · 04/08/2021 22:13

Roadway Quarrier?

I think the letters on the left are 'M' for married, 'S' for single and 'W' for Widowed and the numbers are occupational codes, although you would have to tell us which year and country this is from for that to be of any help.

DoAMassiveSalad · 04/08/2021 22:16

I think it’s roadway quarrier. Could you check his marriage/death certificates to see if his occupation is the same on those? Smile

DoAMassiveSalad · 04/08/2021 22:18

This is the 1939 register - carried out in England and Wales before WW2.

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PercyPigAndMe · 04/08/2021 23:37

Yep it's the 1939 census

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Rebeccasmoonnecklace · 04/08/2021 23:52

If you are using ancestry.com to look at the 1939 register if you click on the icon with two people towards the bottom of the page it should bring up a typed description for you.

Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo · 04/08/2021 23:55

I think quarrier too. Further down, General Labourer has the same ‘r’ shape.

TwoFriedEggs · 05/08/2021 00:01

Yeah, it's quarrier. Digging innit

BikeRunSki · 05/08/2021 00:05

I think roadway quarrier. There were some massive open cast coal mines (quarries) in the NE, which would have needed permanent support staff to culprit the coal extraction, including people to cut roadways as the coal was advanced.

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