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Appendix 20: The Needle Industry and Associated Trades
Specific occupational descriptors (male and female) noted in the needle industry
and associated trades in Redditch and surrounding parishes to 1851
Needlemaking processes and marketing
Needlemaker, needler, needleman, needlemaster, needle-manufacturer, needle-agent,
needle-factor, needle-merchant, needle-seller, needle-traveller, needle-warehouseman,
needle brightmaker, needle brightworker, needle-counter, needle-cutter, needledriller,
needle-eyer, needle-filer, needle-finisher, needle-foreman, needle-forewoman,
needle-grinder, needle-hammerer, needle-hander, needle-hardener, needle-header,
needle-labeller, needle-packer, needle-paperer, needle-picker, needle-pointer, bluepointer,
bluer, needle-polisher, needle-preparer, needle-quarterer, needle-scourer,
needle-setter, needle-shaker, needle-softworker, needle-sorter, needle-spitter, needlesquarer,
needle-stamper, needle-straightener, hammer-straightener, hard-straightener,
needle-temperer, needle-tucker, needle-worker,* needle-wrapper, needle-hardener’s
lad, shopman, wheelturner.
*Some of those termed ‘needle-worker’ were perhaps sewing, not making needles.
Specific types of needles
Bodkin-maker, bodkin-eyer, bodkin-lipper, bodkin-stamper, bodkin-manufacturer,
crochet-needlemaker, packing needlemaker, fancy needlemaker, surgeon’s
needlemaker, sail-needlemaker.
Pins
Pin-manufacturer, pin-maker, pin-buncher, pin-carder, pin-header, pin-paperer, pinpointer,
pin-sheeter, pin-stamper.
Fish-hook, fishing tackle and hook and eye manufacture
Fish-hookmaker, (general and fancy) fish-hook manufacturer, fish-hook bender, fishhook
binder, fish-hook carder, fish-hook counter, fish-hook filer, fish-hook hardener,
fish-hook paperer, fish-hook setter, fish-hook stamper, fish-hook shopgirl, fish-hook
traveller, sail-hook maker, sea-hookmaker, fishing tackle maker, fishing tackle
manufacturer, fishing tackle factor, fishing tackler, fishing line maker, fishing line
spinner, (artificial) fly-dresser, floatmaker, hookmaker, hook and eye maker, hook
and eye stitcher, hook and eye carder, swivel maker, sailors’ palm-maker, twist-hook
maker, harpoon-maker, tambour crochet hook maker.
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