Where are they now?

[venator]

What are all the typists doing these days?

Are there any footplatemen around (they're the "F" in ASLEF)

What other occupations have gone?

[Jan1957]

I used to be a telex operator. Not many of those around these days I think.

[Euphemia]

presumably typists are data-inputting

[sandyRoe]

Are Saggar maker's bottom knockers still in employment?

[ChuckFickens]

Some companies and organisations still employ typists, but largely it is a redundant job since the personal computer became popular in the workplace.

I should imagine that footplate-men are now restricted to historical railways.

[sandyRoe]

And there's not as many Coalmen around as there used to be.

[andy-hughes]

sandyRoe - sadly not.

Almost all pottery manufacture is outsourced these days, and modern techinuqes make the sagger redundant - along with the sagger-maker, and ergo, his bottom-knocker.

sad ...

[SIRandyraven]

To be honest all jobs that can be off shored will be things of the past in the next ten years ...

Remember IT Support Staff , before they all went to Asia ...South America...Thailand
Remember Call centre staff ....
Remember Bank cashiers , before it all went online
Remember when everyone had full time jobs , rather than working part time in the local Tesco

[SIRandyraven]

I think that unless large corporations are forced to employ a certain % in the place where they do most business, then as an employer of skilled people the UK is doomed.

Even the local council are sourcing IT staff to India

[DEN53]

Coalman
Man who used to collect money from Gas/Electric Meter
Insurance Man who used to come round and collect premiums
Park Keepers

[redman41]

There are no Parking Attendants left............DEN has scared them all away !!! lol

[DEN53]

Redman - hahaha - as long as they can run fast, I won't hit them (:o)

[WELSHYORKIE]

Clippies on the buses

[redman41]

I went to the Missing Persons Bureau but no one was there.

[rowanwitch]

Clippies still a few in central london for the tourists....
addressograph operators
gestetner duplicating machines
and punch card workers for data input...OMG that shows my age I've done 3 out of 4 of the above... never a clippy but I did work for London transport

[WELSHYORKIE]

Redman, can you remember the last time you saw a clippie on a crosville bus?

[237SJ]

Flight engineers.

[rowanwitch]

I phoned Samaritans once and got a recorded message saying there was no-one there to take my call...laughed so much I changed my mind

[Manwithnoname]

Miners are a dying breed.Thanks to you know who however, the are plenty of resources left in the ground.

[redman41]

Long time ago WelshYorkie, it's so far back I cannot remember. Must be 40 yrs ?

[redman41]

lol lol Rowan ! Thank God for that........