10 Defunct Jobs That Made Sense A Long Time Ago. Some Of These Are Super Gross
You might hate your job now, but after you find out more about these jobs from the past, you'll like yours a lot more.Â
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Toshers waded through London's sewers in search of items that can be washed and sold.Â
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The job of the bang-beggar was to intimidate and chase away transients and undesirables from a particular area.Â
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A pug mill is a machine used to mix clay and was used for construction or pottery.
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The potteries of Staffordshire hired saggars to hold multiple pieces of pottery while they are being fired.Â
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Pimp was a regional English term for firewood. A pimp maker was hired to gather wood into bundles for sale.Â
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Pure finders were responsible for find dog feces (which was thought to be pure) and bringing it to tanners who would use it to preserve animal skins.
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Since there were no streetlights, when people needed to travel at nighttime, they hired a link-boy to carry a lamp or torch and walk along with them.
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Slubber doffers worked in textile mills and had a fairly simple job. They walked around the mills and change the bobbins and fixed broken threads.
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Thanks to advances in plumbing technology, there's no longer a need for Night Soil Men. They're jobs were to empty cesspits and privies.
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A knocker-up or knocker-upper was hired by a mill or factory to go to the homes of employees and knock on their windows with a pole so they'd wake up in time for their shifts.