10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTMEN»
Discover the use of
potmen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
potmen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Coronation Street - Rovers Staff: Rovers Barmaids, Rovers ...
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2
Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work
Further, dirty work may have its own division: staff distinguish between potmen
and dishwashers at the Blakemore Hotel and the Owl's Nest. Although both
groups had low status, the potmen had less status because they had to clean off
more ...
I soon forgot him, and fell to reflecting on the curious circumstance that it should
be in the power of a few potmen and stablemen to sell a nobleman's company
and conversation for the sum of half a crown. Yet so it undoubtedly was. And yet ...
4
A Woman's Estate: Book VIII
“Mind you,” he said, considering him with a frown -but with a twinkle lurking in his
eyes - and before his companion could respond, “mind you, I understand that
when the potmen there leave the 'Gate' they leave with purses heavy with coin.
5
Murder Houses of London
Hannah Starkey, Martha Jane Hardwick and Martha Sophia Brayshaw were all
busy pulling pints for a crowd of jolly customers, and the two potmen were also
hard at work. The taciturn Jerry Slowe was also in attendance, sitting alone at a ...
6
Delphi Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton (Illustrated)
Nobody can havethe impudence to pretend that it would mean that navvies,
plumbers, and potmen would (either individually or collectively) have more power
overthe familylives of doctors, magistrates, and inspectors. Nobody dare assert
that ...
7
Structures and Contingencies in Computerized Historical ...
In the working-class part of the town average rents amounted in 1929 to more
than 40% of the base wage of a day labourer and 26% of that of the skilled
workers tending the electrolytic reduction process (potmen). This assumes that
day ...
Association for History and Computing. International Conference, O. W. A. Boonstra, Geurt Collenteur, 1995
8
Instead of a Book by a Man Too Busy to Write One: A ...
Andyet, afterall, it is hardly stranger than that these same potmen and millions
moreof their ownclass should have thepower of selling to the highest bidder
asixhundredandseventieth part of kingly prerogative. The divine rightofkings is
just what ...
9
Chemistry, Society and Environment: A New History of the ...
The trouble ceased only when all the potmen were discharged and replaced by
common labourers. The work of three potmen was done by one man, a former
cab driver, who was paid one penny per hundredweight of salt cake from the new
...
Colin Archibald Russell, Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), 2000
It is based on a rate of 55 cents per hour for potmen, with other categories of
potroom employees at proportionate rates, plus an average bonus of 20 per cent
under normal operating conditions. Under the new scheme all potmen, tappers, ...
Canada. Dept. of Labour, 1941
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTMEN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
potmen is used in the context of the following news items.
In Dickens's footsteps: the streets of London by night
First, there is the “tumbling and tossing" as it settles to sleep: the public houses turn their lamps out and the potmen thrust brawling drunkards ... «The Australian Financial Review, Feb 14»
The most magical way to discover a city? Follow Dickens by …
First, there is the 'tumbling and tossing' as it settles to sleep: the public houses turn their lamps out and the 'potmen' — or serving staff — thrust ... «Daily Mail, Jan 14»
Coronation Street 50th birthday: 124 deaths, 86 marriages, 52 …
... landlords and landladies, 12 temporary managers, 52 barmaids - the best known being Bet Lynch - four barmen, 17 potmen and ten cleaners ... «Daily Mail, Sep 10»
Corrie AZ: B is for Barmaids
Corrie.net has a nearly complete list of all the barmaids, owners, managers, cleaners and potmen. Who was your favourite barmaid? We hope ... «Corrieblog, Jul 07»
