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What did your grandparents do for a living?, Who has the most interesting occupations to share

Balto1 View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:20 AM Post #1
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Continuing on the grandparents theme.... Let's see whose GPs had the most interesting occupation. Any mercenaries, silent screen actors, ladies of the night out there, etc etc . Maternal GPs- wheat farmers Paternal GPs- beef farmers I don't think mine are going to win in the interesting stakes. But they had hard-working but happy lives.

PixieVee View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:23 AM Post #2
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On the maternal side my grandfather was an engineer and my grandmother never worked. On the paternal side I have no idea, they died 20 or more years before I was born and my dad doesn't really talk about them.

Saecularis Angel... Saecularis Angelus View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:24 AM Post #3
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My maternal grandfather ran a sugar estate (his wife didn't work). My paternal grandfather did a variety of things, including being a boilermaker in the merchant navy, and a lighthouse keeper. His wife was a nurse.

ubermum View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:25 AM Post #4
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My maternal grandmother was a seamstress. One of her jobs was sewing shrouds for funerals. She also worked in a brewery for a long time. My maternal grandfather was a carpenter and joiner. My paternal grandparents were dairy farmers.

haras1972 View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:25 AM Post #5
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my dad's parents owned a general store in the middle of nowhere in Gippsland. my mum's parents - my grandmother didn't work, and my grandpa was a tram driver.

Elemenopee View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:25 AM Post #6
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At 5 foot and a 1/4 inch, my grandpa did very well as a jockey. Later, after he had been to WW2, he worked the family farm, and would break in the wild horses that roamed it.

Chelara View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:25 AM Post #7
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Mums dad, jeweller and watchmaker. Mums mum, hairdresser. Bth had their own businesses and 5 kids including twins. Dads family were farmers, orchard I think. 9 children.

rainycat View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:26 AM Post #8
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My Grandad ran a foundry. My Grandma didn't work.

geckosrule View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:27 AM Post #9
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Paternal grandfather.........cattle farmer Paternal grandmother........ran the household and did all the accounts for the farm Maternal grandfather.......bookie Maternal grandmother......corner shop owner

Carmen02 View Member Profile	20/02/2012, 09:28 AM Post #10
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my grandpa worked for the council doing odd jobs like lawn mowing and all that, my grandma didnt work...my grandparents on dads side never knew them

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