History In Job Titles
July 22nd, 2015I was looking at some old Town of Chelmsford annual reports recently, to research the opening of one of the High School buildings in town. Just by chance, I came across a page that stood out to me (for obvious reasons):
Chelmsford was a much more agricultural community in 1917, so it makes sense that moths could be a big deal, and that the town would have someone inspecting slaughterhouses. But they still made me laugh, and double-check if these positions are still on the Town payroll (they didn't seem to be). History is fun.
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July 28th, 2015 at 11:10 am
Dunstable still lists Field Drivers and Fence Viewers as departments on the town web site.
July 31st, 2015 at 11:12 am
@Cathy: ha, that is great. I wonder what they do. I’ll have to look more closely at Chelmsford’s job titles and see which are farming community holdovers.