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Cater (for) District Council ??
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I've found an ancestor with an odd occupation and I'm wondering if someone can help me. On the 1901 census his occupation is 'carter district council' (in an area where I can't find a place called 'carter' I'd like to add) so I assume that's shorthand i.e. carter for the district council; the on the 1911 census he's listed as 'carter udc of hoylake' (I assume that's ?upton? district council of hoylake) I know he lived in a house attached to the electric light works, and in the next house (also part of the light works properties) lived the foreman of the gas works, but I don't get what a carter of a council would do, or what that has to do with the electric works ??? can anyone help?
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Prior to the 1947 nationalisation of electricity generating bodies, local power generation and supply was provided by private companies and municipal plants. In 1947 Hoylake UDC generating plant was amalgamated with others in the area to form Merseyside & North Wales Electricity Board (later to become MANWEB).
Prior to the 1947 nationalisation of electricity generating bodies, local power generation and supply was provided by private companies and municipal plants. In 1947 Hoylake UDC generating plant was amalgamated with others in the area to form Merseyside & North Wales Electricity Board (later to become MANWEB).
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