Occupation .... Caller up

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Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 45,855 Send Message	BarbinSGlos	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:04
	On the 1911 census I have an occupation as "Caller Up"" working for The Midland Railway. I have been trying to look it up but no luck. Could anyone help ??
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:09
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Possible?? www.familyresearcher.co.uk/.../Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Index.ht.... Caller: alternate term for a Knocker-up, who went house to house waking up factory workers for their shifts.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:12
	Could it be this? Caller: alternate term for a Knocker-up, who went house to house waking up factory workers for their shifts.
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Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 45,855 Send Message	BarbinSGlos	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:12
	That sounds logical Stuart Thanks very much
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:13
	Opps! You beat me to it, Stuart!
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:13
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	snap Margee!
Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 45,855 Send Message	BarbinSGlos	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:13
	Thanks to you too Margee
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	30 Apr 2014 15:14
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	We're falling over ourselves here!
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 91,640 Send Message	LondonBelle	Report	30 Apr 2014 16:00
	Knocker-up Man who awoke factory workers with a long stick, knocking on the bedroom windows - often the Lamplighter
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Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 45,855 Send Message	BarbinSGlos	Report	30 Apr 2014 16:10
	Hi Belle, thankyou :-D He was only 16 but I hope he was a tall lad.
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 91,640 Send Message	LondonBelle	Report	30 Apr 2014 16:46
	Have you looked to see whether there are any records of him in the Railway Employment records?
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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	30 Apr 2014 16:54
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	I read somewhere that the cockney rhyming slang 'Knockers' comes from 'Knocker's rests', those pleasant mornings when you were spared being woken up by the knocker, and could enjoy a lie-in.
Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 45,855 Send Message	BarbinSGlos	Report	30 Apr 2014 16:54
	Oh >>>>>>>>>>>> :-S :-S I'll see what I can find :-D :-D :-D
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Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	30 Apr 2014 23:19
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	There might be something in the railway records on Ancestry if you want to say who it was ......
Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 45,855 Send Message	BarbinSGlos	Report	2 May 2014 16:45
	Thankyou MarieCeleste , Londonbelle has helped me in finding him on Ancestry.
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