this is part of a household in Settrington Road, Liverpool in the 1939 Register What do you make of the two Georges' occupation please?
A Relieving Officer was someone who assessed a person for Parish Relief, if memory serves me right. They also assessed them for entry into the Workhouse.
OK for some reason I was thinking of the taxman . Any idea about the initials PAC that follow? Also how do you find out what bit of Liverpool this was, I've no doubt it's Toxteth (that's where all my Liverpool folk seem to be), but where does it say that?
As there is a . after the P and not between the A and C, could it be an abbreviation for Parish Account? I still write account as A/C...
I'm not sure why there's a full stop after the P, but PA next to Relieving Officer put me in mind of Public Assistance. Putting that into Wikipedia brings up an entry for Public Assistance Committee - the local body that administered it. According to this, PAC was used as an abbreviation: Code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Assistance_Committee The article includes a reference and link to George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, which explains Public Assistance as a means-tested benefit paid to unemployed people after their state benefit (based on National Insurance contributions) had run out - in other words a predecessor of some elements of today's Universal Credit.
It was in Norris Green. It's gone, now. Norris was, is, a big name around Liverpool. The Norris family built a mansion, Norris Green - one of my ancestors was a maid there. The district gets its name from the original house... but I'm rambling again. As you were.
Thank you @arthurk i did try searching for PAC as an abbreviation but Google was less than helpful, unless I was really looking for a Physician's Assistant's Certificate To be honest you are quite welcome to ramble, I'd never heard of Norris Green so that was useful info
