A hoofer is an old term for which entertainment profession?

Dancer Click to see the answer

An acater did what for a living?

Cooking

What would you find in a draper's shop?

Cloth

Baxter is an old term for someone who made which product?

Bread

The invention of which gadget put the profession of computer out of business?

Calculator

A pinsetter used to be employed to reset pins in which sport?

Bowling

Ice-cutters were put out of business by the invention of which appliance?

Deep freeze Click to see the answer

A mason worked which which material?

Stone

What did someone employed as a computer have to do?

Calculations

Leech collectors used to work for which sorts of professionals?

Doctors

What did a cooper make?

Barrels

A wool driver used to bring which animals to market?

Sheep

A malster made which drink?

Beer

As in cheesemonger or ironmonger, what does monger mean?

Dealer

A lector used to be employed to do what in factories to entertain staff?

Read

A hosteller used to run which type of establishment?

Inn Click to see the answer

A glazier worked with which material?

Glass

What material did smiths work with?

Metal

A verger used to work in which sort of building?

Church

What was the name of the person employed to make announcements in a town?

Crier

What used to be delivered to British homes on a float?

Milk

An accoucheur worked in which field of medicine?

Pregnancy

Someone working in a tannery worked with which material?

Leather

What is the more common term for an ashman?

Dustman

Accomptant is an old term for which profession?

Accountant

What did a lumberjack cut?

Trees

What was the name of the person who would be employed to connect a phone call?

Switchboard operator

Where did a stevedore work?

Docks

A weigher used to weigh cargo in which location?

Docks

A catchpole is an old term for which occupation?

Debt collector

Someone called a lastner, and who used a last at work, made which item?

Shoes

A shearer was employed to deal with which animals?

Sheep

A granger is an old term for which job?

Farmer

A thatcher worked on which part of your property?

Roof

What did a Billy Boy make for people in the office?

Tea

What is a modern term for the profession of apothecary?

Pharmacist

What did a vintner sell?

Wine

Navvies were associated with the building of what?

Canals

What did a fletcher make?

Arrows

What was a ratoner employed to do?

Catch rats

What did a bladesmith make?

Knives Click to see the answer

A shunter worked in which industry?

Railway

What did a besom maker make?

Brooms

A brazier worked with which metal?

Brass

What did a mercer sell?

Cloth

A ballister used to be which sort of soldier?

Archer

What would an ale-wife sell?

Beer Click to see the answer

A soper made which type of product?

Soap

A sawyer worked with which material?

Wood

A wet glover used to make gloves using which material?

Leather

What did a tallow chandler make and sell?

Candles

What did a cobbler make and repair?

Shoes

A nagsman trained which animals?

Horses

Hacker is an old term for someone who cut what?

Trees

What was the job of a fuller in the Middle Ages?

Washing

What did a cartographer make?

Maps Click to see the answer

What did a greengrocer sell?

Fruit and vegetables

A scrivener wrote which type of documents?

Legal

What did a charwoman do?

Clean

A marshall was a position in which type of organization?

Army

A warder would have worked in which sort of building?

Prison

An anchorsmith made products for which sort of transport?

Ships

Where did a mudlark work scavenging rubbish?

River

What is the modern term for a boardwright?

Carpenter

A blower made products from which material?

Glass

In which decade did the occupation of lift operator become defunct?

1950s

An aurifaber used to make things out of which metal?

Gold

What product did a tobacco spinner make?

Cigars

Vulcan is an old term for which other occupation?

Blacksmith

Shambler is an old name for which food related occupation?

Butcher

Attorney is another name for which profession?

Lawyer

Peeler is the old-fashioned term for which modern occupation?

Policeman

What is the name for the person who made things from metal?

Blacksmith

A purser would work on which form of transport?

Ship

What was the name of the person in the Middle Ages who tried to turn base metal into gold?

Alchemist Click to see the answer

A cellarman worked in which type of establishment?

Pub

A phrenologist used to feel which part of your body to diagnose illness?

Head

Where did a hobbler work?

River

Switchboard operators worked in which industry?

Telephone

A friseur is an old-fashioned term for which occupation?

Hairdresser

What is another name for a canvas climber?

Sailor Click to see the answer

What did a felter make?

Hats

A dowser looked for what with a forked stick?

Water

What is a more modern term for someone who worked as a crocker?

Potter

The leech-collecting industry was at its peak in which century?

19th

A clogger made items to wear on which part of the body?

Feet

A blacking maker made polish for which types of objects?

Shoes

A furrier worked with which material?

Fur

What did a drayman drive?

Carts

What did an exciseman collect?

Tax

What is a more modern term for an apiarist?

Bee Keeper

A gilder worked with which precious metal for decoration?

Gold

Someone working as a trotter used to deliver what?

Messages

A yeoman was someone working in which profession?

Farming

A bell hanger installed bells in which type of building?

Church

A linotype operator worked in which industry?

Printing

A compositor worked in which industry?

Printing