What is an UNDER BLEACHER?

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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Lisa	Report	18 Jun 2004 08:20
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Does anyone know what an Under Bleacher is please? It is listed as the occupation for one of my ancestors in the 1901 census. Thanks!
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	18 Jun 2004 08:35
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Lisa, try putting this on the tips board as well; I know there are some people on there who have old reference books and often find old occupations. Good luck. Mandy :)
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 5 204 Send Message	badger	Report	18 Jun 2004 08:40
	i think bleachers are something to do with the construction industry ,and i,m sure i remember a few having to be replaced in a local schools gymnasium,but i could be wrong.I think it,s something to do with seating ,but wether it,s to do with kids bums ,as in sitting on ,or seating as in a platform for putting something heavy on ,i,m not sure.Fred.
	Researching: Baird,Barnes,Sturgess,King,Bristow, Mead,Brooks,Lane,Bartlett, Tyneside Chesham, Bucks,London & home counties
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3 439 Send Message	Geoff	Report	18 Jun 2004 08:44
	"bleachers" are as suggested, a row of seats in a gynasium. However, I would have thought that, as an occupation, the meaning would be the obvious one - someone in the textile industry who bleached fabrics or fibres.