Weird and wonderful professions that no longer exist

Interesting! THanks, Donald!

Ana

I'll bet that some of those still exist somewhere somehow just for the fun of it. Weird stuff for sure but I remember most of them. Loved the Milk Man delivering to our back door!

My great grandfather was a lamplighter in London, England. Apparently he wasn't very good at it. Too many pubs along his route......lol

Milkman was the first thing that came to mind for me.

Cool topic.

joe

I guess I'm one of those "Older Than Dirt" types, because I do remember pin boys at the bowling alley, a long time ago. Also, my mom did switchboard work during WWII.

There are still a couple of old school tavern/bowling alleys in Milwaukee that have pin setters. The kind with only 2-6 lanes in the basement or backroom. In one they sit on a ledge right behind the pins and you can see their feet dangling down. Pretty funny.

There's one or two of those still in Chicago also Trail (unless they've closed in the last few years).