Anyone know what this says....

[Blackjack Davy]

Reads as "worsted peeler" but that doesn't make sense so more likely to be "reeler"

I can read that clear as day. It’s certainly more legible than my GP’s handwriting, and he’s an educated man.

GP's don't count, they've had illegible handwriting since the dawn of history. To prevent forging of prescriptions presumably as no-one but the pharmacist has the training to read them.

 

[FoxEye]

I can read that clear as day. It’s certainly more legible than my GP’s handwriting, and he’s an educated man.

The vast majority can't. It's plainly not clear as day, or the OP wouldn't have had to make this thread

Nobody asks what this post says because 11 pt Ariel is, in fact, clear as day

Just some examples... the letter 'r' is mal-formed. The letter 'w' could be 'n', or 'l' something, or... The letter 't' appears exactly like the letter 'l'. In fact there are a whole host of issues with this example.

 

[Minusorange]

Wasted Peeler

They were always high peeling things ?

 

[h4rm0ny]

The handwriting seems good and much superior to most people's these days. We're likely having trouble because we don't recognize the profession. Maybe they really are a Muscled Peeler, but we just don't have those anymore. Language isn't just a matter of clarity of words but familiarity with those words as numerous "You wrong read that" gotcha images prove.

FWIW, I'd say the last part is definitely "Peeler" and the former ends with "sled". I think the two letters immediately before the "sled" are 'o' and 'r' from comparing the handwriting to the 'yarn finisher' above it. Anyone know what a "Llorsled Peeler" is?

 

[FortuitousFluke]

Spinster horsled peeler

Would this be a vegetable peeler supervised by a horse? I would watch that sitcom.

 

[krooton]

Roasted Beefer

I don't know why, but they just got an irlol from me in the office

 

[ttaskmaster]

NVM

 

[Cern]

The first word is definitely Worsted, which is a type of yarn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsted

Second word looks like Reeler, which would make sense in the context of yarn. The capital letter can't be a P because it has that thick downstroke which turns it into an R (although not a capital R as most would write one these days).

So "Worsted Reeler", something to do with the cloth trade, probably fairly menial (bear in mind jobs were pretty limited for women in days gone past).

If you have the date of this census and the location, it might help place it in a bit more historical context.

 

[Clav]

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/q-r.html#R

Reeler
1) Received yarn on bobbins or paper tubes and arranged them on a shelf above the machine; guided and attached the end of the yarns to swifts (skeleton reels), which revolved and wound the yarn upon themselves in skein form; controlled the power drive on the machine; mended broken threads; removed the hanks or skeins of yarn from the machine when completed.
2) Puts woven cloth on to a reel for dyeing (more recent)

Worsted - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsted

 

[h4rm0ny]

The first word is definitely Worsted, which is a type of yarn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsted

Second word looks like Reeler, which would make sense in the context of yarn. The capital letter can't be a P because it has that thick downstroke which turns it into an R (although not a capital R as most would write one these days).

So "Worsted Reeler", something to do with the cloth trade, probably fairly menial (bear in mind jobs were pretty limited for women in days gone past).

If you have the date of this census and the location, it might help place it in a bit more historical context.

Think we might have a winner, here.

 

[Thekwango]

Worsted reeler.

Someone who worked as a reeler on worsted fabrics.

Think we might have a winner, here.

we had a winner several posts earlier

 

[Abraxaz1]

Missus knows a lot about fabric... texiles degree

Worsted is a type of wool, apparently it's used to make suits and tailored stuff. A deeper could be someone that loads reels for loans etc