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Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	7 Dec 2003 23:00
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	GIMLER A machinist involved in making a gimp, a kind of card. Regards Margaret
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Gary	Report	7 Dec 2003 19:01
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	thanks sylvia that is a real possability, there were a few tailors in the area, and also lace factorys
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 1,173 Send Message	Sue (Sylvia Z )	Report	7 Dec 2003 18:37
	Hi Gary Probably of no help, but in tailoring "gimp" is used to face collars and the edges of jackets etc. so could these people have worked in that line of trade? Or you could try Ranks, Professions,Occupations and Trade at www(.gendocs(.)demon(.)co(.)uk/trades(.)html Sue
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Gary	Report	7 Dec 2003 18:10
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	on the 1881 census a couple of young chaps living at allenton derby were listed as being O Gimpers, any idea what a gimper did, most people from this area worked at the railway workshops and foundrys so could be tied to this