Hull libraries have published some research. Charlton Life should have had this list as the options for the early user names.
Some interesting occupations listed 52 Years an Imbecile Artificial Scone Maker Assisting at Mangle Bottie Washer Bounder Boy for General Purposes Carrot and Mangle Salesman Cleans Onions Clod Hopper (Ft) Cow Banger (Ag Lab) Curer of Smokey Chimneys Custard Maker (Carpet) Dead Decayed Publisher (No Occ) Describes Himself as Leaving No Trace Disinfector of Railway (Oths) Dog Performer Driving Channel Tunnel Drowner Egg Breaker Egg Cracker Electric Bath Attendant Emasculator Employed with Head Off Examiner of Underclothing Fatuous Pauper Feeder in Bump Factory Feeding Boy to Printing Machine Ferret Weaver Fish Bender Floater Follows Wifely Occupations Formerly Fat Gold Fish Catcher Grape Dryer Gymnast to House Painter He Play All Day Long Invalid Kings Evil Invisible Net Maker Keeps Own House at Home Knight of the Thimble Knocker Up of Workpeople Pensioner in Charge of the Magnet Prime Minister (No Occ) Proprietor of Midgets Proprietor of Solution For Protection of Turnip From Fly Ripper Coalmine (Blows Roof Down) Rotters Boy Running About Runs Abt Selling Fish (Hawker) It'll never catch on. Rust Attendant at a Lavatory Sampler of Drugs Scarecrow Sick Maker Slob Brickmaker Supposed to be a Lady Teacher of Wax Flowers Tool Maker (Screws) Wife Travels With an Entire Horse Unsettled Through Recent Death Very Feeble Watchmaker Master (No Hands)
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Charlton Life should have had this list as the options for the early user names.
Some interesting occupations listed
52 Years an Imbecile
Artificial Scone Maker
Assisting at Mangle
Bottie Washer
Bounder
Boy for General Purposes
Carrot and Mangle Salesman
Cleans Onions
Clod Hopper (Ft)
Cow Banger (Ag Lab)
Curer of Smokey Chimneys
Custard Maker (Carpet)
Dead
Decayed Publisher (No Occ)
Describes Himself as Leaving No Trace
Disinfector of Railway (Oths)
Dog Performer
Driving Channel Tunnel
Drowner
Egg Breaker
Egg Cracker
Electric Bath Attendant
Emasculator
Employed with Head Off
Examiner of Underclothing
Fatuous Pauper
Feeder in Bump Factory
Feeding Boy to Printing Machine
Ferret Weaver
Fish Bender
Floater
Follows Wifely Occupations
Formerly Fat
Gold Fish Catcher
Grape Dryer
Gymnast to House Painter
He Play All Day Long
Invalid Kings Evil
Invisible Net Maker
Keeps Own House at Home
Knight of the Thimble
Knocker Up of Workpeople
Pensioner in Charge of the Magnet
Prime Minister (No Occ)
Proprietor of Midgets
Proprietor of Solution For Protection of Turnip From Fly
Ripper Coalmine (Blows Roof Down)
Rotters Boy
Running About
Runs Abt Selling Fish (Hawker) It'll never catch on.
Rust Attendant at a Lavatory
Sampler of Drugs
Scarecrow
Sick Maker
Slob Brickmaker
Supposed to be a Lady
Teacher of Wax Flowers
Tool Maker (Screws) Wife
Travels With an Entire Horse
Unsettled Through Recent Death
Very Feeble
Watchmaker Master (No Hands)
Can you spot the odd one out readers?
Ayr Cuts
To halve the sodium content, this noodle packet recommends.....adding half the seasoning. Genius.
facestomach.Owner comes out, asian guy with a thick Scottish accent, asks if we're coming in.
Told him our mate was over the road looking at the Ayr India menu.
'Dinnae go there its fucking shite' he says.
So on that recommendation we went in his place.