Martin Clark wrote: > A correspondent tells me that one of her ancestors worked on the canal > as a "whiteliner". > > Does anyone have any idea what this would have been? I assume it > wasn't someone who paints white lines down the middle of the canal!
No help, but it looks like an *old* trade. The only refs Google could russle up were http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Eccleston/stmary/burials_1760-1781.html http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/leet4.php?opt=leet&subopt=34 http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/forum_topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=397&FORUM_ID=22&CAT_ID=9&Topic_Title=Eastwood%2C+Crew+and+Nuttall+entries&Forum_Title=Bits (NB one has to search for whiteliner -liner -mp3 otherwise you get lots of useless hits) Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
