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What Did Your Ancestors Do for a Living?: Midlands

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1/5 Ever wondered how your ancestors earning a crust 100 years ago? Nick Hancock and experts find out about the jobs that have disappeared.

Focusing on the jobs that came out of the Staffordshire pottery industry, the mineral quarrying and mining in the area and the hosiery industry of the East Midlands.
Adam Hart-Davis on long-lost jobs: page 32

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Hancock
Producer:
Helen Stiles
Producer:
Simon Barnett
Source: Radio Times

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