Help with this?

[Dinolaur]

Hey guys. So I have a friend who’s been trying to figure what this says for 2 weeks no one so far as got any clue. Maybe someone on here can help. We’re looking at the middle word. Any ideas? Thanks

Edit:- that’s not me in the bottom part of the photo it’s a friend but can’t crop the photo without it taking away from the photo so please ignore it

 

[Optimistic Goatman]

Well, that is a mess. My sister's a doctor, and i thought the cards she sent us was the most illegible handwriting in existence. I'm now forced to reevaluate this.
I don't have much confidence in this, but i think i might see "Hatmaker, quick, superior, labourer"
Can you explain the context of this writing? Maybe that could help?

 

[Dinolaur]

ooo thats not a bad guess.

I don't really have much background on it other than its possibly a job description but you may be right. i'll see what she says. Thanks Cynic

 

[Bergerac]

I have done this with ancestry myself and when I couldn't read certain items, I joined the Facebook group of local history of where this particularly branch of my family came from. Suggest a post there. Or, do the same with a general history page there. Genealogy/Family history groups.

In addition, here is a list of the old professional, to perhaps try and match it up with.

http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php

Equally of use, is if you could tell your friend to look up writing/letter styles of the time this came from. Then, she may be able to decipher it herself.

It would also be interesting to know if these three professions are related to the same person or several.

Anyway, good luck.

 

[Dinolaur]

I have done this with ancestry myself and when I couldn't read certain items, I joined the Facebook group of local history of where this particularly branch of my family came from. Suggest a post there. Or, do the same with a general history page there. Genealogy/Family history groups.

In addition, here is a list of the old professional, to perhaps try and match it up with.

http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php

Equally of use, is if you could tell your friend to look up writing/letter styles of the time this came from. Then, she may be able to decipher it herself.

It would also be interesting to know if these three professions are related to the same person or several.

Anyway, good luck.

Thanks I’ll see what she says! She’s been doing her family tree for months now guess this has come up somewhere. She got the other two professions but has been trying to look at this and work it out for months lol. However she believes it’s possibly from the 1950s

 

[Paisley]

Dier (dyer misspelled?) & scourer

Just a guess from looking at how they write some letters in the translated top and bottom lines. No idea what my interpretation would actually mean, though.

 

[Dinolaur]

Dier (dyer misspelled?) & scourer

Just a guess from looking at how they write some letters in the translated top and bottom lines. No idea what my interpretation would actually mean, though.

Thanks Paisley I’ll definitely let her know x

 

[Paisley]

Thanks Paisley I’ll definitely let her know x

I'm pretty confident about the scourer bit but the first half of the line was a complete guess lol...

 

[Dinolaur]

I'm pretty confident about the scourer bit but the first half of the line was a complete guess lol...

Looking at it now you’ve said scourer it looks like dish scourer! Thanks paisley much appreciated

 

[Bergerac]

Looking at it now you’ve said scourer it looks like dish scourer! Thanks paisley much appreciated

What do you think that letter in the middle is? That's what confuses me. Not sure which word it links to. Or, is it some kind of 'and' symbol?

 

[Dinolaur]

What do you think that letter in the middle is? That's what confuses me. Not sure which word it links to. Or, is it some kind of 'and' symbol?

I’m not sure tbh but possibly an and symbol

 

[Bergerac]

I’m not sure tbh but possibly an and symbol

Thanks for clarifying that.