What did your grandparents do work wise?

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Inspired by a previous thread - if you know that is
GM 1 deputy head of my old high school
GF 1 civil servant (fairly high up)
GM 2 bar maid
GF 2 chauffeur

Maternal GF worked on the railways during WW2 because he was medically excused (deaf) then he worked in lots of out door jobs like delivering coal or rubbish collector till he retired.

Maternal GM worked in retail.

Paternal GF was in the TA during WW2 acting as "batman" to various COs from Africa all through Europe. He never used his rifle once. (He joined the TA with a mate as a "wheeze" a few days before war was declared). After the war he was a hospital cook.

Paternal GM worked on a potato farm, well into her 70s!

Maternal Grandparents married til death did they part.
Maternal Grandfather: Owned and operated multiple pest control companies.
Maternal Grandmother: Homemaker and chronic adulterer.

Paternal Grandparents divorced after about 5 years back when that was really frowned upon.

Paternal Grandfather: Dean of his university's English Department
Paternal Grandmother: Professional Evil C*nt.

Mum's side:
GF - miner
GM - textile mill worker

Dad's side:
GF - builder
GM - switchboard/receptionist/admin

Paternal grandfather, miner. Paternal grandma, sahp. Maternal grandfather was a hairdresser, grandma owned a sweatshop.

One worked in t’mill. The other was a lorry driver. Both grandmas house wives

Gd1 motorcycle mechanic
Gm1 school secretary
Gd2 engineer for the mod
Gm2 secretary til marriage, then housewife/sahm.

Paternal:
GM worked in Sainsburys then was a SAHM (3 DC).
GF also worked in Sainsburys, but was a butcher when I was born.

Maternal:
GM worked in a tannery (not sure what she did) and as a hairdresser, then probably a SAHM (2 DC).
Not sure about GF, he died before I was born.
Not sure about SGF either.

MGF - a bookmaker
MGM - various jobs but a dinner lady before she retired.

PGF - a baker
PGM - I’m not sure, a house wife I think? She died a long time before I was born.

GF dad's side was a lorry driver and a farmer
GM dad's side did cleaning and helped on the farm

GD mum's side : I'm not entirely sure - I know she worked in a munitions factory during the war but she will have done other jobs I'm sure

GD mum's side - he worked in the navy during the war and on the railway lines

I only know my maternal grandparents.

DGM was a nurse
DGF a pub landlord, but also a pilot in the RAF before that.

Paternal
GF military
Gm SAHM

Maternal
Gf doctor
GM worked part time at GF hospital

Gm paternal owned fruit and veg stalls/shops
Gf - posh neer do well spent her money and ran a shabeen.

Gf - maternal donkey man in merchant navy.

Gm-in service before married then sahm with some spells in factory etc

Mum's parents were a farmer and wife who then took over the running of the farm when her husband died when my mum was 12.

Dad's father was a customs and excise officer in the Chinese maritime customs and his mum had gone out to China as a nanny before marrying.

GF 1: soldier, postman and painter/decorator
GM1: wartime factory worker, dinner lady and carer
GF2: soldier (RAF I think) and travelling salesman
GM2: secretary and retail worker

Their fathers/grandfathers were soldiers, postmen, farmers, clergymen etc. Not sure about the women - GF1's mum was in a workhouse as a child but think was later a SAHM.

Have loved this thread - interesting to see jobs that have disappeared with time

Maternal GF: farrier, mainly working in the royal veterinary corps as a civilian.
Maternal GM: house wife, including looking after her bedridden mother, and feeding 2 of her brothers for their whole lives.

Paternal GF: Something to do with finances in the office for a company making electrical items, including trains.
Paternal GM: sales assistant in a Clarks shoe shop.