There's an occupation recorded on one of my Bradford marriages that I've never come across before - the groom is a 'Grey Room Man'. What's that? I'm assuming that it is something to do with working in a mill, perhaps working with 'grey cloth'?
Found it on a Roots Web mailing list From A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Grey room hand, grey room man; general terms for any worker, male or female, in grey room, i.e. room where grey, or unbleached cloth is received for bleaching; includes receiver, taker-in, deliverer, marker, stamper, sewer. Sorter, cloth sorter, sorter-out (grey room); grey room man (dyeing); sorts cloth as received from weaving department in grey (unbleached) state, by grades and stamps with special marks according to quality, etc.; puts together pieces which are to receive similar treatment in bleaching, dyeing, or textile printing department. Ann - who has now learnt something
