Can Anyone Make This out?

Post by **davejsb** » 14 Oct 2009 15:22

Hi there,

Slightly unusual request this one. Can anyone make out the groom's occupation on the below marriage parish regsiter entry please?

To me it looks like Aunealor but that makes no sense at all.

Any help greatly appreciated

Post by **HOLLY** » 14 Oct 2009 16:24

Hi Davejsb, if occ reads Annealor then according to Google it's a person working with iron. Holly

Post by **emeltee** » 14 Oct 2009 17:10

I'd go with Annealor too.
Emeltee

Post by **davejsb** » 14 Oct 2009 17:11

It looks exactly like that word, thanks so much for your kind help

Post by **Tina** » 15 Oct 2009 10:46

Hi Dave

When I worked in the Pool for an Engineer many moons ago, we had annealed steel coming into the workshop, the blokes who handled it where annealors on their time cards.

Tina

Post by **davejsb** » 15 Oct 2009 11:07

Hey Tina and thanks for that

The groom in question there is my grandfather. I know nothing of his life before he came home from the war in Burma in 1947 aboard the S.S.Burma - so the revelation of his job before then was interesting!

Close to where he lived then was a huge cable and metals factory, the BICC. I'm wondering if that's where he worked

Post by **Heli** » 15 Oct 2009 17:02

davejsb, you could be right regarding the BICC connection, as copper was annealed. I think this was to help when soldering.
I understand that BICC records are held at the Maritime Museum should you want to check further.

Heli